The mentioned references showing the holdings of public domain (outside of Alaska), by agency, for the period 1946-1956. These indicate a reduction of BLM holdings of some 3,000,000 acres resulting from net transfers to other agencies by withdrawal and exchange of public lands for lands within reservations. This would mean that some 5,000,000 acres were disposed of to State and local governments and to private individuals and companies. This is generally confirmed by the data on disposals which follow.

Analysis of available data for Alaska shows a net reduction of BLM holdings of some 18 million acres, resulting from transfers to the State of a little more than 4 million acres, transfers to private individuals and companies of about one half million acres, and net withdrawals of about 13 million acres.

TABLE D.-Federally owned land in the United States and Alaska as of June 30, 1955 [By Bureau of Land Management administrative area]

49,729,954 772, 958, 785

Total, States and Alaska 2, 269, 306, 240 723, 228, 831

TABLE E. Comparison of federally owned land with total land area of States, 1960

Total..

33.9

720, 004, 218.6 51, 508, 037.2 771, 512, 255.8 1, 501, 894, 464. 2 2, 273, 406, 720

1 Excludes trust properties.

Source: "Inventory Report on Real Property Owned by the United States Throughout the World," published by General Services Administration.

TABLE F.-Comparison of federally owned land with total acreage of States, as of

Source: Inventory Report on Real Property Owned by the United States Throughout the World." published by General Services Administration.

957, 293.3

14, 453, 266.7

15, 410, 560

6.212

1,781, 296.1

33, 229, 903, 9

35, 011, 200

5.088

32, 314, 690.3

62, 343, 040

48.166

1,505, 546, 460.9 2, 271, 343, 360

33.716

TABLE G.-Total public domain lands, by agency (exclusive of Alaska)

1 Excludes 50 million acres, estimated area of Indian trust lands.

TABLE H.-Land disposals, 1946-66

The following tabulations show disposals from 1947-1966 (starting from the formation of the BLM). They show the operations of the public land disposal laws during the period, "disposal" meaning transfer out of Federal ownership. The data are derived from the Statistical Appendix of the Annual Reports of the Director, 1946–1961; Public Land Statistics, 1962–1966.

TABLE I.-Patents and certifications issued, total fiscal year 1946-66 (by type)

Total, other entries and selections.

1,801

239, 639