JOINT DOC. } LEGISLATURE. ANNUAL REPORT of the Commissioner of the STATE LAND OFFICE, To the Legislature of the State of Michigan : In compliance with the requirements of law, I respectfully submit the following report, exhibiting the official proceedings and financial operations of this office during the last fiscal year. Sales and receipts from Dec. 1, 1843, to Nov. 30, 1844, inclusive. SCHOOL LANDS. Sales. 6,804.98 acres at $5 per acre, $34,024 90 649.68 do at $7 81 ave. pr acre, 5,075 70 INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT LANDS. Sales and Receipts. Sold to 68 pre-emption claimants 8,654.49 acres at $1 25 per acre, $10,818 11 The whole amount of which was received at the Land Office, in Total am't of rec'ts on account of said lands, 71,810 28 Total am't of rec'ts for Int. Improvement and asset lands, Total am❜t of receipts on account of all class 101,796 64 es of lands, $85,462 65 173,606 92 Total am❜t of rec'ts at both offices during the year, $173,606 92 The total amount of sales of University and School Lands from July, 1837, when these lands were, first offered; the amount of forfeitures, and the amount of reduction authorized by the act of 1842, to the close of the last fiscal year, Nov. 30, 1844, as exhibited by the books of this office, is as follows: The sales of University and School lands, which have been paid for in full, and for which patents have been, or may be issued, are as follows: Statement of Receipts and Disbursements from December 1, 1843, to November 30, 1844. DR. For am't rec'd at land office to P. School fund, 14,829 22 "do do at Land Office, P. School Int. f'd, 10,731 46 |