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Show I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 91 I I lic places, and to bring the subject to the attention of Montana I I lumbermen. l o Pdnia &--.-T he - cittin-g and sale of timber from allotted landi in reservations under the La Pointe Agency in Wisconsin, ex-cept Grand Portage, is carried on under the treaty of September 30, ' 18fi4 (10 Stat. L., 1109). As mentioned in my last annual report, certain of the contracts made by J. H. Cushway & Co., of Ludington, Mich., covering timber on allotted lands of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, expired before the timber was cut, and the authorized contractors were permitted to renew the expired timber contracts at increased stumpage rates. During the last year 122 such contracts were approved. Under the same conditions nine contracts have been approved with Justus S. Stearns, of Ludington,Mich., covering timber on allotted lauds in the Bad River Reservation. Since the last report 68 timber contracts have been approved be-tween allottees on the Lac Courte Oreille Reservation and Signor, Crisler & Co., of Rice Lake, Wis., the authorized contractors. On the Red Cliff Reservation Frederick L. Gilbert, of Duluth, Minn., is au-thorized to purchase the timber from the allottees, but no contracts with him have been approved. The timber operations on these reservations have been successfully and sat.isfactorily conducted. The rules declare that after certuin deductions have been made the remainder of the proceeds shall be deposited in some national bank to the credit of the allottee, subject to his check when countersigned by the United States Indian agent. The proceeds from the year's sales were: L a u n u........ ....................................... $68,885.86 Bad Riwr ..................................................... 317,838.14 Red Cliff ...................................................... 5,272.78 L a e O r e 1 .............................................. 19,823.64 At the close of the fiscal pear every doUar due Indians had been vollected, except $106.62 due from Mr. Gilbert, the Red Cliff con-tractor. A controversy about. this amount has not been finally ad-justed. The banks selected as places of deposit, and the amounts in each at the close of the fiscal year,were: City National Bank, Duluth, Minn .-.7-.--.----_L.._..-...--. $128,210.56 First National Bank; Hudson, Wis ..-.---.--.-----13-5,-22-2.0-1 .-----.-_. First National Bank, Bayfield, Wis ............................ : 55,150.23 Aadland National Bank, Ashland, Wiw .--.-----..---1.87-,0-89-.93- --.---.- ~brthernN ational Bank, Ashland, Wis --..----------18-4,4.90-. X-I .--..-.- . 1 .................................................... s90,1&3.23 The agent has been instructed not to deposit in any bonded bank a sum in excess of the aggregate amount of the bonds furnished by such bank, and if at any time the total sum so deposited exceeds the amount |