STATE OF MICHIGAN. .

1852.

DOCUMENT No. 4.

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ANNUAL REPORT of the Commissioner of the

State Land Office.

State LAND OFFICE,

Lansing, January 1st, 1851. To his Excellency, ROBERT MCCLELLAND,

Governor of the State of Michigan: Pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 154, approved April 8th, 1851, I have the honor to submit the following report, showing the business of this office for the fiscal year, ending November 30th, 1851:

SALES AND RECEIPTS
From December 1, 1850, to November 30, 1851, inclusive.

NORMAL SCHOOL LANDS.

Sales. 160 acres at $1 25 per acre.

Total am’t of receipts on account of Normal School Lands, $3,807 33

SALT SPRING LANDS.

Receipts.
On account of principal, interest and penalty, ....

$1,108 36

RECAPITULATION.

Total amount of Sales. Of primary School lands..

885,657 10 “ University do

15,501 72 6 Normal School do

13,524 19 “ Asylum do

1,912 80 “ State building lots.

774 00 “ Int. Imp. lands

22,806 44 * Asset do

7,943 23

Total amount of sales....

$148,119 48

Total amount of Receipts. On account of primary School lands. ..$77,467 90 do University do

22,088 78 do State building do

1,477 19 do Asylum

729 95 do Normal School do

3,807 33 do Salt Spring do

1,108 36 do Asset

do

7,943 23 do

do

22,806 44

do

Int. Imp

Total amount of receipts...

$137,429 18

PRIMARY SCHOOL LANDS.

It will be seen that the sales of these lands for the last fiscal

year exceed the sales for the year 1950, by about sixty-seven per cent.

Annexed is given a list (marked “A”) of the comparative annual sales of these lands.

Statement “C” shows the condition of the accounts with the County Treasurers, for moneys received by them under Act No. 217, of 1849.

UNIVERSITY LANDS. The amount of these lands sold during the last year, is 1,257.56 acres; balance unsold, 21,951.14 acres.