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Show 30 REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN APPAIRS. little, if any, surplus land within the reservation other than that claimed by the State as swamp land. Blackfeet, 240n.t.-The act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat., 1035), au-thorizes allotments of 40 acres of irrigable land ind 280 acres of grazing land, or, at the option of the allottee, 320 acres of grazing land to each Indian. Special Allotting Agent Charles E. Roblin has been at work on this reservation during the past year and has com-pleted allotments covering 505,539.16 acres to approximately 1,300 Indians. Owing to the latitude of this reservation, it is impossible to do any field work during the winter months. To hasten the com-pletion of the allotment work, Mr. Thralls W. Wheat, formerly sur-veyor under Special Allotting Agent Roblin, was appointed a special allotting agent to assist in the prosecution of the work during the summer season when field work is possible. It is believed that the work connected with allotments to these Indians will be completed before winter. Fort Peck, M0n.t.-On September 26, 1909, Special Allotting Agent Bred C. Campbell took np the allotment work to Indians on the Fort Peck Reservation under the provisions of the act of May 30,1908 (35 Stat., 558). This act authorizes allotments of 320 acres of grazing land, and in addition thereto, not to exceed 40 acres of irrigable laud and not less than 23 nor more than 20 awes of timber land to each Indian; provision being made also for the disposal of the surplus lands after allotments have been completed. Up to July 1,1910, Mr. Campbell had made allotments to approximately 1,000 Indians. As there are in the neighborhood of 2,000 Indians on this reservation entitled to allotments, it is not believed that the allotment work will be completed prior to the closing of the summer season of 1911. Carson. Sink, New.-During the past year allotments of 10 acres of irrigable land were approved to some 322 Indians within the Truckee- Carson irrigation project in Nevada. There remain about 1,500 acres under this project within the seven and one-quarter sections reserved for allotment purposes which it is expected will be allotted to the remaining Indians of the Paiute tribe during the present fiscal year. Jioarilla, N. &'ex.-The allotments made to the Indians on this reservation under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat., 1413), were approved by the department on August 28, 1909, the allotments being to some 797 Indians, covering an area of 354,294 acres. Fort Berthold, N. Dak.-Former Special Allotting Agent John P. Young, who was engaged in making allotments to Indians on this reservation under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat., 1042), was relieved from duty on November 1, 1909, and the surveyor, Mr. Theodore N. Engdahl, was directed to revise and |