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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSfONER OF INDIA* AFFAIILS. 59 acre per annum for 5 acres. Eighteen farming and grazing leases have been executed upon which no action has been taken. Puyallup Reservation, Wash.-Fourteen farming and grazing leases. The terms are one and two years, excepting two, which are for five and seven months, respectively. The prices range from $3.60 to $12 per acre per annum. Quapaw Reservation, Ind. T.-One farming lease for the period of one year. The consideration is $2 per acre. Bonnd Valley Agency, Gal.-One farming and grazing lease has been executed upon which no action ha8 been taken. Sac and Fox Agency, Okla-Thirtytwo farming and grazing leases by theabsentee Shawnee allottees, 23 by the Pottawatomies,44 by the Sacs and Foxes, 17 by the Iowas, and 25 by the Eickapooos; also six residence and business leases by the Sac and Fox Indians. The length of term is from one to three years. The consideration ranges from 17 cents per acre per annum for grazing lands to $3 for the best farming lands. The average price for raw, unbroken lands is about 75 cents per acre. In the nlajorit,o~f cases the lessees are to place certain small improvements on the lands, such as fences, etc. The residence and business leases are for the term of one year. The consideratiou is $10 for 60 by 150 sqnarefeet. Eight leases have been executed upon which no action has been taken. Siletz Reservation, 0reg.-Two grazing leases. The terms are one and tbree years. The consideration is 79 and 41 cents per acre per aonnm, respectively. Sisseton Agency, S. Dak.-Forty-nine farming and grazing leases. The term is three years. The consideration rauges from 19 cents to 93 cents per acre per annnm. Umatilla Agency, 0reg.-Forty-one farming and grazing leases-21 by the Cayuse, 14 by the Walla Walla, and G by the Umatilla allottees. The terms are from one to three years. The consideration ranges from 70 cents to $2.68 per acre per annum. Yakima Agency, Wash.-Nme farming and grazing leases for the term of three years. The consideration ranges from $1 to $1.75 per acreper annum. Yankton Agency, 8. Dak.-One hundred and forty-five grazing leases for the tern1 of three years. The consideration paid for grazing lands at this ageucy is low, generally 10 cents per acre per annnm, but some few pieces are leased for 124 and 15 cents. |