and ninety-nine thousand dollars. Although these lands may not all bring the fixed price of five dollars per acre, yet as nearly all of them are of the first quality for agricultural purposes, or valuable for their timber or mineral resources, their product may be anticipated to approximate very nearly to the sum named, and it must afford high satisfaction to the hardy pioneers who first reared their cabins amidst the uncultivated wilds of the "beautiful Peninsula," and endured all the hardships and privations incident to new settlements, to see their children thus amply provided for in that great essential under a free government-education; and the enterprising emigrant from the eastern states, accustomed to look upon the advantages of school house and academy as more than counterbalancing the disadvantages of a stubborn soil and rigorous climate, may turn with confidence to Michigan, satisfied that from her prolific and easily tilled soil, he will receive an abundant return for his labor-that in her richly endowed schools and university means of education are provided for all. A great deal of the work was done in the office of the surveyor general, and it gives me pleasure to acknowledge the kindness of the late and present surveyor generals, and the clerks in the office, who afforded me every facility in their power. M. E. VAN BUREN. [A.] Statement of all the townships of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Townships containing sec. 16 fractional, Full townships deficient in section 16, Fractional townships deficient in section 16, Containing three quarters or more of an entire township, Containing more than one half and not more than three quarters of an entire township, Containing more than one quarter and not more than one half of an entire township, Containing more than one section ¬ more than one quarter of an entire township, Containing less than one sec., Entire townships not sub-divi (B.) STATEMENT of the whole Amount of the School Lands of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Contents of full sections 16, do of fractional do Amount located for deficiencies, Entitled to in lieu of fractional section 16, South of Base Acres. 42,240 do for towns deficient in section 16, do in towns not sub-divided, [C.] STATEMENT of the availble School Lands of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan: South of the Base Line and East of the Meridian. South of the Base Line and West of Meridian. [D.] A condensed statement of the quantity of Land the State is entitled to in lieu of fractional sections sixteen and for towns deficient in section sixteen, of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In heu of 192.61 South of baseline & east of meridian. 459,34 Total, 13,469,54 15,520 29,729,68 |