There was little demand for the public lands during the period of the war, and the receipts from sales were almost entirely in the form of treasury warrants. The act of January 1, 1862, made two important amendments to the law of February 11, 1858. One of these lowered the price of the $1.00 lands to fifty-five cents, and the other directed that the proceeds should accrue to the general revenue fund instead of to the common school fund.1 No changes were made in the prices of the lands jn the islands and in the railroad and other surveys. With the hope of getting more revenue and in order to offset the depreciation of the Confederate notes and state warrants the prices of all lands were changed in 1863. The fifty-five cent land was raised to $2.00 and the price of other lands was advanced to $5.00.2 The acts of December 15, 1863, and November 7, 1864, authorized grants of land to any one erecting and putting into successful operation by March 1, 1865, machinery for the manufacture of iron, cotton, wool, firearms, nitre, sulphur, powder, salt, cotton or woolen cards, spinning jennies, paper, and oil. Grants were made on the basis of 320 acres for each $1,000 worth of machinery.3