Table A.
DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF TEXAS UNDER THE REPUBLIC AND THE STATE
Table B.
MINERAL ESTATE
LEASED MINERAL ESTATE
PRODUCING ACREAGE
ANNUAL ROYALTY
Period Ending August 31, 1956
Table A.
DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF TEXAS UNDER THE REPUBLIC AND THE STATE
| Acres | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to promote citizenship and to induce immigration. | |||
| By Spain and Mexico | 26,280,000 | ||
| Headrights and bounties | 36,876,492 | ||
| Colonies (Peter’s, et al) | 4,494,806 | ||
| Homesteads (Pre-emptions) | 4,847,136 | ||
| 72,498,434 | |||
| Donations to veterans. | |||
| San Jacinto veterans (Acts of 1879 and 1881) | 1,169,382 | ||
| Confederate veterans (Acts of 1881) | 1,979,852 | ||
| 3,149,234 | |||
| Sold to pay public debts by Republic | 1,329,200 | ||
| 50 cents Sales Scrip Act of 1879 and $2 Sales Scrip Act of 1887 | 1,660,936 | ||
| 2,990,136 | |||
| Internal improvements. | |||
| Irrigation, drainage, canals, industrial, highways, etc. | 4,088,640 | ||
| Grants to railroads | 32,153,878 | ||
| 36,242,518 | |||
| State Capitol Building | 3,025,000 | ||
| 3,025,000 | |||
| Education. | |||
| University of Texas | 2,329,168 | ||
| Public Schools | 42,561,400 | ||
| County Schools | 4,229,166 | ||
| Eleemosynary Institutions | 410,600 | ||
| 49,530,334 | |||
| Total surveyed land | 167,435,656 | ||
| Less conflicts (estimated at ½ of 1%) | 837,256 | ||
| Net acreage in original surveys | 166,598,400 | ||
| Excesses (estimated at approximately 1.1%) | 1,747,600 | ||
| River beds and vacancies (estimated) | 1,091,000 | ||
| Submerged coastal area to 3-league limit | 4,145,674 | ||
| Total | 173,682,674 | ||