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Milwaukee County

lead, flour, wheat, pork, furs &c. The first exportation of flour was in 1839, and in this year commenced also the exportation of lead brought here by waggons over land from the mining district about Mineral Point. In 1841 copper was added to the list of exports; and the amount of lead, shot, and copper shipped here during that year was 1,768, 175 pounds.

The following is a statement of the amount of money received at the Milwaukee Land Office for sales of Public Land, during each year since the office was opened.

[Statement of Amounts].

It will be observed that this is considerably more than one half of the whole proceeds of sales of public land in this Territory, as exhibited in this work page 32.