D-Estimates of sums required for office expenses for fiscal year ending June

30, 1869.

All of which is respectfully submitted:

P. W. HITCHCOCK,

Surveyor General.

A-Schedule showing the condition of the surveys under the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868.

Josiah B. Park and July 2, 1867 Standard, The 2d guide meridian west,
Henry C. Campbell.

lines.

from 3d to 4th standard par-
allels north; the 3d, 4th, and
5th guide meridians west,
from 24 to 4th standard
parallels north, all west of
6th principal meridian; the
2d standard parallel north
through ranges 25 to 40 in-
clusive west of the 6th princi
pal meridian; the 3d stand-
ard parallel north through
ranges 17 to 40 inclusive,
west of the 6th principal
meridian, and the 4th stand-
ard parallel north through
ranges 9 to 40 inclusive,
west of the 6th principal me-
ridian, Nebraska,
Townships 5 and 6 north,
ranges 12, 13, 14, 15, and
16 west, of the 6th principal
meridian, Nebraska.
Townships 5, 6, 7, and 8
north, ranges 17 and 1
west, of the 6th principal
meridian; township north,
range 19 west, of the 6th
principal meridian; and frac
tional township 8 north,
ranges 15 and 16 west, of
the 6th principal meri-
dian; also the line between
ranges 15 and 16 west, of
the 6th principal meridian;
of township north, State
of Nebraska.

Parties in the field.

Parties in

the field.

Parties in

the field.

P. W. HITCHCOCK, Surveyor General.

B.-The United States in account with the office of the surveyor general of Iowa and Nebraska, on account of salaries and incidental expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867.

SALARY ACCOUNT.

DR.

For expenditures during second quarter, 1:67....

8703 10

CR.

By appropriation approved March 2, 1867, for compensation of surveyor general and clerks

Unexpended June 30, 1867.....

INCIDENTAL EXPENSE Account.
DR.

7,000 00

6,296 90

For expenditures during second quarter, 1867....

$625 54

CR.

By appropriation approved March 2, 1867, for office rent, fuel, books, stationery, &c.....

2,000 00

Unexpended June 30, 1867.

1,374 46

P. W. HITCHCOCK, Surveyor General.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, August 27, 1867.

C.-Estimates of sums required for the extension of surveys in the State of Nebraska, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869.

Surveys estimated.

For running the second guide meridian west from the fourth
standard parallel to the seventh standard parallel north. The
fifth and sixth standard parallels from the first to the second
guide meridian west. The fourth and fifth guide meridians
west, from the base line to the second standard parallel. The
first standard parallel from the third to the fifth guide meridians
west. The sixth and seventh guide meridians west, from the
third standard parallel to the fourth standard parallel. The
third and fourth standard parallels, from the fifth to the seventh
guide meridians west..

For running the exterior township lines of townships 13 to 16,
inclusive, of ranges 9 to 16 west, inclusive; township 13 to 16,
inclusive, of ranges 17 to 24, inclusive; townships 9 to 16, in-
clusive, of ranges 25 to 40 west, inclusive...
For the section lines in township 5 of ranges 22 to 24, inclusive;
townships 1 to 4, inclusive, of ranges 17 to 24, inclusive; town-
ships 9 to 16, inclusive, of ranges 25 to 40, inclusive; town-
ships 13 to 16, inclusive, of ranges 9 to 24, inclusive....

Total

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, August 27, 1867.

P. W. HITCHCOCK, Surveyor General.

D.-Estimate of sums required for office expenses for the fiscal year ending

June 30, 1869.

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 Septem ber 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 and 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.

One hundred and forty descriptive lists have been made and transmitted to the 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.