Number.

B.-Statement of contracts let for the survey of public lands in Washington Territory, the on contracts under the appropriation for

Contract.

Name of deputy.

Character and location of work.

Date.

308 Aug. 15, 1884 James L. Mann

T. 22 N., R. 21 E.; T. 18 N., R. 22 E.; T. 22 and 23 N., R. 23 E.; T. 17, 18, 19, and 20 N., R. 24 E., and T. 17 and 18 N., R. 25 E.

309 Aug. 27, 1884 Jacob Richardson..... Resurvey of second standard parallel north through part

of range 14 east, and ranges 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 east ; survey of the second standard parallel north through range 13 east and part of range 14 east, and survey of east and west boundary and intersections on standard T. 18 N., R. 13 E.

Fractional west boundary T. 7 N., R. 21 E., and fractional north and west boundary T. 7 N., R. 22 E.

Exteriors T. 7 N., R. 11 E., and T. 8, 9, 10, and 11 N., R. 13 E.

310 Aug. 28, 1884 Edwin Richardson.... Subdivisions and intersections on standard T. 8 N., R.

13 E.

Subdivisions and meanders T. 7 N., R. 20 E

Resurvey of south boundary; survey of subdivisions and meanders T. 7 N., R. 21 E.

Resurvey of south and east boundary; survey of subdi-
visions and meanders T. 7 N., R. 22 E.

T. 7 N., R. 11 E.; T. 9, 10, and 11 N., R. 13 E.
Resurvey of section line, triangulation, survey of sec-
tion line and meanders of island, T. 8 N., R. 4 W.

Fractional subdivisions and meanders T. 11 N., R. 6. E.
Resurvey of east boundary, fractional north and south
boundary and section lines; survey of fractional subdi-
visions and meanders T. 26 N., R. 7 E.

T. 37 and 38 N., R. 5 E

T. 29 N., R. 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 E.; T. 30 N., R. 29 E.; T. 28 N., R. 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 E.

T. 6 N., R. 9 and 11 E.; T. 7 N., R. 8, 9, and 10 E..

Second standard parallel N. through part of R. 40 E. and
R. 41, 42, and 43 E.

T. 16 N., R. 4 E., and T. 17 N., R. 5 E.

Totals

Totals brought forward from statement A.

Totals brought forward from statement A1.

Total number of miles run..

Total number of acres surveyed.

Number of township plats made

Number of township, donation, and mineral plats, tracings, &c., made.

Total number of plats and tracings made.

Total amount paid on contracts..

number of miles and acres in each township, the number of plats made, and the amount paid the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.

REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF WYOMING.

UNITED STATES SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Cheyenne, Wyo., July 27, 1885.

SIR: In compliance with the instructions contained in your circular letter of April 9, 1885, initial "E," I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report, in duplicate, of the surveying operations in the district of Wyoming for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, with tabular statements as follows, viz:

A.--Statement of contracts entered into under the regular appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.

B.-Statement of deposits by Union Pacific Railway Company for surveys and office work, showing amounts expended therefrom.

REGULAR APPROPRIATION.

Under the apportionment of $20,000 for surveys in this district during the fiscal year three contracts were entered into, which have all been completed, the field-notes approved, and the accounts, amounting to $19,496.79, paid, leaving an unexpended balance of $503.21 of the appropriation.

SPECIAL DEPOSITS BY INDIVIDUALS.

The

No contracts have been let during the year payable from special deposits. returns of the surveys of the exterior and subdivision lines of 64 townships, viz, T. 41 to 48 N., R. 83 to 88 W., both inclusive; 41 to 44, inclusive, N., R. 89 to 92, inclusive, west of the sixth principal meridian, executed by Edward F. Stahle, under his contract No. 112, dated September 21, 1880, and payable from special deposits, have been approved.

DEPOSITS BY RAILWAY COMPANIES.

No contracts have been let payable from deposits by railway companies. Contracts Nos. 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, and 224, reported as unfinished in last annual report from this office, have all been completed with the exception of one township in contract No. 221.

Aggregate amount of special deposits under sections 2401, 2402, and 2403, Revised Statutes, as follows, viz:

No mineral claims, private land claims, or town sites have been surveyed or ordered during the year.

Of the contracts let previous to June 30, 1884, all have been completed except portions of Nos. 112, 139, 158, 131, 210, and 221.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. WM. A. J. SPARKS,

JOHN W. MELDRUM, United States Surveyor-General.

Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C.

A.-Statement of contracts entered into with deputy surveyors under the appropriation for surveying the public lands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.

225 Aug. 13, 1884

226 Sept. 6, 1884

227 Feb. 9, 1885

Robert M. Jones.. Exteriors of T. 29 and 30 N., R. 103 and 104 W.
30, 31, and 32 N., R. 101 and 102 W., 31 and 32
N., R. 100 W., 24 N., R. 101, 102, 103, and 104 W.;
and subdivisions of T. 25, 26, 27, and 28 N., R.
72 W., 26 and 27 N., R. 71 W., 26 N., R. 73 W.,
23 N., R. 99 W., and 24 N., R. 93, 94, 95, 96, 99,
and 100 W. of the sixth principal meridian.
Exteriors of T. 24 N., R. 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, and 99
W.. 23 N., R. 98 and 99 W.; subdivisions of T.
30, 31, and 32 N., R. 100 W., 24, 30, 31, and 32 N.,
R. 101 W., 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, and 32 N., R. 102 W.,
24, 25, 26, 29, and 30 N., R. 103 and 104 W. of the
sixth principal meridian.

Daniel Curry and
Edward M.
Hutchinson.

Robert M. Jones.. Subdivisions of T. 23 N., R. 98 W., and 24 N., R.
97 and 98 W. of the 6th principal meridian.

$7,857 42

10,583 74

1,055 63

B.-Statement of special deposits made by Union Pacific Railway Company and branches for surveys and office work, and the expenditures therefrom, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885.