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Show erie 1880 TO 1912 Ne 065 ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD ENTRIES Clayton Number Acres 8,291 1,257,074.76 14,962 2,288,704.31 Number Acres 246 37,908 284 203 937 509,715.83 443,209.72 78,704.00 3,260 2,872 539 ENTRIES ras ES ag eae ee ee ee Se * ei Pi ee ee eet Se * DESERT | 970 | 162,430 ‘74 Charles V. Safford, Traveling Audito ‘All appropriations have been prompt r, Report of, Aug. 27, 1910: ly paid. ‘‘During the past year the territorial rate of taxation has been materi : ally teduced, having been lowered to 11 mills from 14.45 the year a 24 per cent reduction. ‘fAll territorial institutions, penal, educat ional, charitable, lived within their incomes as fixed by legislative acts. previous—nearly and others, ‘The territorial bonded debt has been decreased, interes have t payments promptly met, and the credit of the territ generally improved. he was: inaned by the territoory es ry, countie . g low s, and municipaliti es, bearin tates of interest, when offered for sale, have been eagerly sought for by the bond buyer, ‘‘Substantial cash balances, adequa intai te for all purposes, have been Such cash balances have been kept ined.as on deposit with approved banks, mainta named depositories of public funds, and amply protected by good and suffici bonds, ent upon which interest is derived on daily balance, at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, “Property returns for taxation purposes are made on a basis of not to “Xceed 20 per cent of actual value. uation, the tax rate would only amounIf returns were made on basis of full valt to 2.2 of 1 per cent. ‘‘No deficiencies have occurred in any of the departments. : ‘As shown by the statement immediately following, on June 1, 1909, there: Was to the credit of the various territorial funds, $527,198.16. During the year there wag collected from source s other than taxation $353,891.23, taxation $679,023.40: makino the total collections and receipt — s by the treas- lis 7*1:082,914.63, and the total to be accounted for,963.6 112.79, by 5,the leavin There was expended for all purposes $1,074 treasugreraggreg $1,560, ate- balances of $485,149.14 on hand June 1, 1910.”’ Set OFFICE e“ LAND eg ri produced 2,530,000 tons of coal at an average selling price at the mine on board cars of $1.60 per ton, and 225,000 tons of coke at an average selling price of $4.00 per ton. ‘“The lumber mills in New Mexico have during the past year produced an average of 300,000 feet per day. ‘It is conservatively estimated that the wealth of the Territory has during the year increased not less than $25,000,000.00. ‘‘Entries made at the several land offices were: oe tory, and the territorial *”* and county finances were never in better condition. The territory began the construction of good roads; it began the inauguration of projects under the Carey Act, and progress was universal in every line of material activity. Late in the fall of 1909, Governor Curry became convinced that his own financial |