A.-Contracts entered into on account of apportionment of $40,000 made to South Dakota for the survey of public lands, etc.-Continued. The subdivisional and meander lines of township The subdivisional lines of townships 9, 10, and 11 Total $5,000.00 2,100.00 950.00 39, 992. 02 B.-Contracts entered into on account of appropriation of $8,000 for surveys, etc., of abandoned military reservations, act approved August 30, 1890. No. Date. Deputy. Character and location of work. Estimate 1891. 75 June 24 Roscoe K. Watson.... The standard, township, range, section, and me ander lines necessary to a complete subdivision $2,200.00 C.-Office-work on mineral surveys during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891 REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF OREGON. UNITED STATES SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1891. SIR: In compliance with instructions contained in your circular letter E, dated April 18, 1891, I have the honor to submit in duplicate my annual report of surveying operations in this district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, accompanied by tabulated statements, as follows: A.-Statement of contracts entered into by the surveyor-general of Oregon for the survey of public lands, payable from the $28,000 allotted to Oregon out of the general appropriation of $425,000 made by act of Congress approved August 30, 1890. B.-Statement of contracts entered into by the surveyor-general of Oregon for the survey of public lands, payable from special deposits made by individuals for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. C.-Statement of special deposits made by the Oregon and California Railroad Company during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. DESCRIPTION OF SURVEYS. I have to report the aggregate number of miles surveyed and reported to your office since my last report, as follows, viz: Reservation boundary lines 31 miles. These surveys embrace 102,400.40 acres, of which 11,377.56 acres were in rejected surveys. There have been prepared by this office 55 books of certified transcripts of fieldnotes, 2 plats of standards parallel, 6 plats of exteriors, 45 plats of subdivisions, 4 maps of boundary lines of Indian reservations, 31 special plats, 18 discriptive lists; 863 official letters were written, covering 1,231 pages. The local land offices were furnished swamp land lists Nos. 75 to 78, inclusive, embracing 8,598.45 acres. There were also prepared, for the use of special agents and deputy surveyors in the field, 134 plats and 1,024 pages of transcripts of field-notes. There were prepared for deputy surveyors 21 special instructions, of which 42 copies were made. There were 13 mineral surveys executed, and 6 examinations and reports on placer mining claims submitted to the office, for which work there was deposited $620. There was also deposited for field and office-work, under Revised Statutes, sections 2401, 2402, 2403, $1,152. In regard to the condition of contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1890, I must say the work executed by Deputy Surveyor Andrew Todd, under his contract, No. 541, dated May 25, 1889, was examined, and appearing all right was approved by this office and the proper transcripts and plats were forwarded to your office July 30, 1890. Under date of August 12, 1890, from Portland, Oregon, United States Deputy Examiner of Surveys P. F. Bussey transmitted also to your office the report of his examination in the field of the surveys executed under this contract. After a thorough examination by said examiner in the field, he found so many errors and irregularities as to necessitate his recommending the rejection of the work. In your letter E, dated September 6, 1890, you fully concur with Examiner Bussey and approve his recommendation. The surveys were rejected, Deputy Todd being fully notified has failed to make any objections. The history of contract No. 548, Samuel L. Lovell, deputy surveyor and contractor, is similar to that of No. 541. No protest nor appeal has been made at this office, although the deputy, as in the other case, has been fully notified. Contract No. 551 with John C. Arnold, United States deputy surveyor, dated March 19, 1890, is yet unfinished. Deputy Arnold took the field early last year, but before making any great progress he was so afflicted as to necessitate a surgical operation, from which he has not yet fully recovered. His time is extended to the close of the year. Contract No. 555 with Albert P. Wilson, United States deputy surveyor, is complete in the field and only awaits some slight corrections by the deputy, after which the notes will be approved by this office and sent you. The contract of Deputy Surveyor Charles M. Collier, No. 556, is awaiting your action. All other contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1890, with United States deputy surveyors for surveys have been properly reported to your office, accepted, and the accounts closed. The field-work of 1891 will be nearly eight times as great as for 1890, therefore the urgent necessity of additional clerical assistance in the office is apparent. Trusting that your instructions are fully complied with in this report, and that it may meet with your approval, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. T. H. CARTER, W. HENRY Byars, U. S. Surveyor-General for Oregon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. A.-Contracts entered into by the surveyor-general of Oregon on account of the $28,000 assigned to Oregon for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. No. Date. Name of deputy. Location and description of work. Estimated liability. $2,700 558 1890. Nov. 14 W. James Culver* 559 Nov. 15 Simon B. Cathcart* 560 561 Nov. 19 1891. Dec. 4 562 Jan. 8 Charles E. Moore... 563 Jan. 10 All the township and section lines necessary to All the meander township and section lines neces- William B. Marye..... All the section lines necessary to complete the sur- William E. Campbell*. Second standard parallel south, between Ts. 10 564 Jan. 26 Henry W. Cooke...... All the township, section, and meander lines nec essary to survey T. 2 S., R. 46 E., Willamette 650 100 175 1,800 2,000 1, 200 |