No. 18 D. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFice, Leavenworth, Kansas, August 24, 1867. SIR: In accordance with your instructions of March 26, 1867, I herewith submit my annual report, in duplicate, showing the condition of surveys and the operation of the office in the district of Kansas and Nebraska during the year ending June 30, 1867 : 1. Names, duties, and salaries of persons employed in the office of the surveyor general during the year ending June 30, 1867. 2. Sums expended for salaries of surveyor general and clerks during the year ending June 30, 1867. 3. Expenditures of the office during the year ending June 30, 1867. 4. Amount of revenue tax paid by the surveyor general and clerks during the year ending June 30, 1867. 5. The extent and cost of surveys executed in Kansas during the year ending June 30, 1867. 6. The same in Nebraska. 7. Number and area of townships of which plats and descriptive lists have been transmitted to the department and local land offices during the year ending June 30, 1867, in Kansas 8 and 9. The same in Nebraska. 10. Estimated expense, number of miles, and character of work for which contracts have been entered into for surveys in Kansas, and chargeable to appropriations approved July 28, 1866, and March 2, 1867. 11. Estimate of sums required for the extension of surveys in the State of Kansas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. 12. Estimate of sums required for office expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. CONDITION OF PUBLIC SURVEYS. All surveys contracted for out of appropriation of April 7, 1866, have been completed. Six contracts have been entered into out of appropriations approved July 28, 1866, and March 2, 1867, for surveys in Kansas. In letting these contracts I have followed the instructions as set forth in your letters of September 6, 1866, and March 30, 1867. The appropriations under which the present surveys are being prosecuted having been reported to this office at an earlier day than usual, it was thought that deputies would have little or no trouble in completing their contracts within the time specified. The causes that will prevent this desired result are much the same as have been referred to in my annual reports heretofore, but in a more aggravated form. The deputies, as usual for the past few years, upon starting for the field were furnished with an order for an escort of soldiers, to be procured at the military post nearest the locality of their surveys. These orders have been of little or no avail, as the demand for troops on the plains is so great that it is almost impossible for the military authorities to furnish escorts to all parties in need of them. Messrs. Diefendorf aud Smith are the only deputies who have been able to procure an escort sufficient in numbers to prosecute their work without molestation. These deputies, when last heard from, were still in the field; but, as a portion of their work is so remote from military posts, it was thought if more escort were not furnished they would have to abandon it for the present. Messrs. Armstrong and McClure are the only deputies who have been attacked by Indians, an account of which has been furnished you. Since the loss reported, these deputies have procured a new outfit, hired new assistants, and, with commendable energy, have again started for the field. The remaining deputies have had to contend with almost insurmountable difficulties in the shape of desertion of assistants and that of procuring escorts; but, not withstanding the many detentions and grievances that beset the deputies on every side, they are all using their utmost endeavors towards completing their respective contracts. OFFICE WORK. Diagrams and transcripts of field-notes of 309 miles 2 chains and 95 links of standard lines have been made and transmitted to the department. Diagrams and transcripts of field-notes of 1,950 miles 21 chains and 66 links of exterior lines have been made and transmitted to the department. Transcripts of field-notes and township plats of one hundred and forty townships of subdivisional lines have been made and transmitted to the department and proper local land offices. the One hundred and forty descriptive lists have been made and transmitted to proper local land offices. One new map of Kansas, in colors, has been made and transmitted to the department. Diagrams and transcripts of field-notes of the base line through fifty-nine ranges have been made and furnished to the surveyor general's office of Iowa and Nebraska. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC SURVEYS. Under this head I have but little to say. The constant inquiry for public lands, and the rapidity with which the recent surveys are being located upon, are facts sufficient to prove to the government that a further extension of the public surveys is necessary. The future progress of the Union Pacific railroad, eastern division, is also another incentive in that direction, as the grading parties on said road are already at work beyond the lines of the present surveys. Commerce on the plains has been seriously retarded this year, on account of Indian hostilities, and travel thereon has only been safe when under the protection of a heavy escort of soldiers. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. JOSEPH S. WILSON, H. S. SLEEPER, Surveyor General of Kansas. Commissioner General Land Office, Washington, D. C. No. 1-Statement showing the names, duties, nativity, whence appointed, and rate of compensation per annum of persons employed in the surveyor general's office of Kansas and Nebraska during the year ending June 30, 1867. No. of contract. No. 2.-Statement showing the amount expended for salaries of surveyor general and clerks during the year ending June 30, 1867. Quarter ending September 30, 1866. Quarter ending December 31, 1866. Total.... $2,100 00 2,481 27 2,298 05 1,882 41 8,761 73 No. 3.-Statement showing the amount expended for rent of office and incidental expenses during the year ending June 30, 1867. Quarter ending September 30, 1866.. NOTE. The quarter ending June 30, 1867, includes $37 50 chargeable to binding appropriation. Salaries of surveyor general and clerks during the year. Total.... RECAPITULATION. $544 49 426 96 431 21 415 39 1,818 05 $8,761 73 1,818 05 10,579 78 No. 4.-Statement showing the amount of revenue tax paid by the surveyor general and clerks during the year ending June 30, 1867. Quarter ending September 30, 1866. Total...... No. 5.-Statement showing the extent and cost of surveys executed in Kansas during the year ending June 30, 1867. $59 82 68 87 54 41 28 19 211 29 Salary ment showing the names, duties, nativity, whence appointed, and rate of compensation per annum of persons employed in the surveyor general's office of Kansas and Nebraska during the year ending June 30, 1967. Nativity. Whener ap potted. Term of service. ****** New York. Kanna Entire year $2,000 ... Капчая Entire year Kanene.. Entire year... 1,600 New York Asman..... anghtsman New York. New York Ohio...... Кипява Kansas..... Kanan...... July 1 to September 30, 1966. October 1, 1-66, to April 25, 1-67. 1,200 1,200 November 1, 166, to January 31, 1-67 1,200 1,200 New York. Капаля.... October 1, 1866, to June 30, 1-67. 1, 160 New York. July 1 to August 14, 166. 1, 100 Каплая August 15 to September 30, 1-66 1,100 New York... Каляни November 1, 1866, to January 31, 1867. 1,100 England Капаня Entire year. 600 |