TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR..

Indian Affairs, iii; Public Lands, xv; Railways, xxiv; Patents, xxxvi; Pensions, xxxviii; Education, xli; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, xliii; Rocky Mountain Locusts, xlvi; Hot Springs Commission, xlvii; Pagosa Hot Springs of Colorado, xlviii; Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, xlviii; Freedmen's Hospital, xlix; Columbia Hospital for Women, xlix; Government Hospital for the Insane, xlix; Yellowstone National Park, li; Census Office, lii; Capitol Buildings and Grounds, lii; Reconstruction of the Interior Department Building, liii.

General Land Office....

Report of Commissioner, 1; Law Library, 3; Judicial Tribunal, 4; Repayment of Money for Lands Erroneously Sold, 6; Decisions in Land Cases, 7; Supervision of Surveys, 9; Surveys of Islands and Beds of Meandered Lakes, Sloughs, and Ponds, 11; Adjustment of Swamp Land Grants, 12; Lapsed Railroad Grants, 12; Private Land Claims in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 26; District Land Offices, 29; Review of Laws Governing Sale of Public Lands, 32; Homestead and Pre-emption Laws, 34; Papers Accompanying Report of Commissioner, 37; Detroit Arsenal Grounds, 42; Useless Military Reservations, 42; Sac and Fox and Otoe and Missouria Indian Reservations in Kansas and Nebraska, 43; Decisions affecting Homestead Rights, 44; Decisions under Timber Culture Laws, 47; Southern Public Lands, 49; Soldiers' Additional Homesteads, 50; Private Land Claims, 51; Surveying, 54; Reservations of Public Lands, 68; Texas Boundary, 74; Re-establishing Lost Corners, 76; Railroads, 77; Decisions affecting Railroad Grants, 79; Pre-emptions, 93; Suspended Entries, 100; Military Bounty Land Warrants, 104; Swamp and Overflowed Lands, 107; Draughting, 107; Accounts, 108; Mineral Lands, 108; United States Mining Laws and Regulations, 109; Decisions affecting Mining Rights, 127; Coal Lands, 143; Abandonment and Relocation, 144; Operations under Mining Laws during last fiscal year, 145; Mining Claims Approved and Patented during fiscal year, 145; United States Surveyors-General, 154; United States Land Offices, 154; Survey of Lands to June 30, 1877, 155; Public Lands Sold, &c., for fiscal year ending June 30 1877, 156; Selection of Swamp Lands for the several States under act of Congress, 186; Land Concession by Congress to States and Corporations from 1850 to June 30, 1877, 188; Attachment of Railroad Rights, 197; Estimates of Appropriations required for fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, 201; Historical Table of States and Territories, 216; Report of Surveyor-General of Louisiana, 220; Unconfirmed Private Land-Claims in Louisiana, 221; Statement of Surveying Contracts in Louisiana, 224; Report of Surveyor-General of Florida, 229; Report of Surveyor-General of Minnesota, 232; Statement of Surveying Contracts in Minnesota, 235; Report of Surveyor-General of Dakota, 240; Report of Surveyor-General of Nebraska, 247; Report of Surveyor-General of Wyoming, 253; Report of Surveyor-General of New Mexico, 263; Report of Surveyor-General of Colorado, 274; Report of Surveyor-General of Montana, 282; Report of Surveyor-General of Idaho, 235;

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