K.-Names, nativity, &c., of surveyor general, clerks, &c., in his office at Boise City, Idaho, during the fisc al year ending June 30, 1878.

* $16.50 of this amount paid out of special deposits for mineral claims.

K.-Report of the surveyor general of Utah.

UNITED STATES SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Salt Lake City, Utah, August 26, 1878.

SIR: In compliance with instructions contained in your circular letter E of May 1, 1878, I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of this office, with accompanying tabular statements (in duplicate) of the surveying operations in this district for the year ending June 30, 1878.

A. Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands contracted for during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and returned during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

B. Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands contracted for during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

C. Statement showing the number of townships, with character and extent of surveys, and amount of area of public lands returned during fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

D. Statement of approval of public surveys and transmission of copies of the same to the General Land Office and to the district land office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

E. Statement of work executed in the surveyor general's office of Utah for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

F. Statement showing the number of linear miles run, the rate per mile, and the total cost of public surveys, as returned, in Utah, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

G. Statement showing the number of acres of public lands surveyed in Utah Territory since the inception of surveys up to June 30, 1878.

H. Statement of special deposits made by individuals for the survey of public lands in Utah for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

I. Statement showing mining claims surveyed, by whom surveyed, when approved, and amount of deposit for office work on each claim.

J. Statement showing condition of appropriation for incidental expenses for office of surveyor general of Utah Territory for fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

K. Statement showing condition of appropriation for salaries of surveyor general of Utah Territory and clerks in his office for fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

L. Statement showing condition of special deposits for office work in the office of the surveyor general of Utah Territory for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

M. Estimate of appropriation required for the surveying service in the Territory of Utah for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880.

N. Statement of condition of appropriation for surveys of public lands in Utah Territory for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

SURVEYS DURING THE YEAR.

The operations of the surveying service in this district embrace agricultural, timber, and mineral lands.

Forty-two townships were surveyed, embracing 237,961.43 acres of agricultural and timber lands, 5,041.56 acres of mineral lands, and 16,933.33 acres of coal lands, making a total of 259,936.32 acres. The number of acres of public lands disposed of at the local land office at Salt Lake City for the fiscal year were

Homestead entries......

Final homestead entries..

Acres. 83, 150. 02 31, 379.28

The mineral resources of this Territory are inexhaustible, every year developing richer and more extensive mines.

FRD. SALOMON, United States Surveyor General Utah Territory.

Commissioner General Land Office.

A.-Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands contracted for during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and returned during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

Extent.

Cost.

Remarks.

June 30, 1878. Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands contracted for during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, and returnedduring the fiscal year ending

Joseph & William A.
Gorlinski.

74 Sept. 4, 1876 Exterior boundaries of township 2 south, range 7 west; township 7
of the Salt Lake meridian.
south, ranges 11 and 12 west, and township 8 south, range 12 west

M. chs. lks.
12 40 00

$87 50

Augustus D. Ferron.

75 Jan. 23, 1877

Subdivisions of township 2 south, ranges 7 and 8 west, and townships 232 34 06
7 and 8 south, ranges 11 and 12 west of the Salt Lake meridian.
Lake meridian.
Exterior boundaries of township 18 south, range 3 east of the Salt

1,394 55

1 32 00

Lake meridian.
Subdivisions of townships 16 and 18 south, range 3 east of the Salt

13 54 79

82 11

66 08

Thomas C. Bailey.
Augustus D. Ferron..

77 June 12, 1877 78 June 20, 1877

Newel E. Britt.

Lake meridian. 76 Mar. 14, 1877 Exterior boundaries of township 29 south, range 10 west of the Salt

meridian. Subdivisions of township 29 south, range 10 west of the Salt Lake

meridian.
Subdivisions of township 13 north, range 5 east of the Salt Lake

Kolob guide meridian, from corner to townships 39 and 40 south,
between ranges 10 and 11 west, north through townships 39 and 38
south, to corner for sections 19, 24, 25, and 30, township 38 south,
between ranges 10 and 11 west of the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto mountainous and timbered.

Eighth standard parallel south from corner to sections 32 and 33
west, of the Salt Lake meridian.
east to corner to sections 33 and 34, in township 40 south, range 11

Exterior boundaries, being the north and south boundaries of town-
ship 39 south, range 11 west of the Salt Lake meridian.
Salt Lake meridian.
Subdivisions of townships 38, 39, and 40 south, range 11 west of the

Total

6 00 00 1 00 00

78 00 10.00

B.-Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands contracted for during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.

Augustus D. Ferron 79 Aug. 27, 1877 Pleasant Valley guide meridian from corner to townships 12 and 13 south, between ranges 6 and 7 east, north through townships 12 and 11 south, and to corner for sections 19, 24, 25, and 30, in township 10 south, between ranges 6 and 7 east, of the Salt Lake meridian.

Jas. H. Martineau.. 80 Aug. 30, 1877

Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Second standard parallel south from
standard corner on south boundary of
township 10 south, between ranges 6
and 7 east, east to standard corner to
sections 33 and 34 in range 7 east, and
west to standard corner to sections 33
and 34 in range 6 east, of the Salt Lake
meridian.

Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Exterior boundaries, being a portion of

the south boundary of township 11
south, range 6 east; north and east
boundaries of township 12 south, range
7 east; east and south boundaries of
township 18 south, range 2 east; east
and north boundaries of township 22
south, range 1 east; north boundary
of township 22 south, range 2 east:
north, south, and east boundaries of
township 23 south, range 1 east, and
part of north and south boundaries of
township 23 south. range 2 east, of
the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Subdivisions of township 11 south, range

6 east; townships 11 and 12 south.
range 7 east; additional of a portion of
township 18 south, range 2 east; town-
ship 22 south, range 1 east; part of
township 22 south, range 2 east; town-
ship 23 south, range 1 east, and a por-
tion of township 23 south, range 2 east,
of the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Second standard parallel north, from
standard corner on Salt Lake merid-
ian, on sonth boundary of township 9
north, east to standard corner to secs.
32 and 33, in range 1 east; thence from
standard corner on south boundary of
township 9 north, between ranges 1
and 2 east, east through range 2 east.
and to 16.32 chains east of section
corner, on the standard parallel, on the
south boundary o section 34, in range
3 east; thence from standard corner
on the Salt Lake meridian on south
boundary of township 9 north, west
through range 1 west, and to 4 section
corner on the standard parallel, on the
south boundary of section 35, in range
2 west of the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Exterior boundaries being south and
east boundaries of township 8 north,
range 1 east: south and a portion of
east boundary of township 8 north,
range 2 east, and portions of the north
and west boundaries of township 9
north, range 1 west of the Salt Lake
meridian.

Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Subdivisions of a portion of township 8
north, range 1 east; additional of town-
ship 9 north, ranges 1 east and 1 west
of the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto, mountainous and timbered.....

B.-Statement showing condition of surveys of public lands, &c.-Continued.

Andrew J. Stewart, 81 Sept. 26, 1877 First standard parallel south, from the jr.

established standard corner to town-
ships 5 south, between ranges 2 and 3
east; east through ranges 3, 4, and 5;
east to standard corner to sections 31
and 32 in range 6 east.

Second standard parallel south from the
established standard corner to town-
ship 10 south on the Salt Lake merid-
ian; east through ranges 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5, east of the Salt Lake meridian.
Ditto, mountainous and timbered
Exterior boundaries of township 28
south, range 13 west, and township 30
south, range 12 west of the Salt Lake
meridian.
Subdivisions of a part of township 28
south, range 13 west, and township 30
south, range 12 west of the Salt Lake
meridian.

Total

Grand total.

* Payable out of certificates of special deposits, dated December 10, 1877, Nos. 5419, 5420, 5421, and 5422