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Show I BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 43 and Nebraska. The length of term for farming and grazing is from one to five years. The consideration is $3 per acre per annum. The mining leases are for a term of ten The consideration is 10 ner z cent of the products of the mines. Puyallnp Reaervation, Wash.-Six farming and grazing leases. The term is for one and two years. The considerationis $1.56, $1.87, $6.11, $6.25, and $10 per acre per annnm. One farming lease has been exe-cuted upon which no action has been taken. Quapaw Agency, Ind. T.-Twenty-four farming and grazing leases by the Eastern Shawnees, 11 by the Modocs, 41 by the Ottawas, 4 by the Quapaws, 88 by the Senecas, and 54 by the Wyandottas j also 3 mining leases by the Eastern Shawnees, and 1 mining and 1 business lease by the Wyandottes. The length of term is from one to three years for farming leases, five and ten years for mining leases, and one year for the business lease. The cash consideration ranges from 25 cents per aore per annum for grazing lands to $3 per acre for the best farming lands. In some of t,he leases the consideration is one-third of the crops raised. Most of the leases call for the erection of certain improveme~lts in addition to the money consideration, while in others the considera. tion is limited to improvements only. The miningleases are for a term of five years. The consideration is 10 and 25 per cent of the products of the mine8. The business lease is for a term of one year. The con-sideration is $96 for 15,000 square feet. Sac and Pox Agency, 0kla.-Twenty-five farming and grazing leases by the IowBs, 11 by the Kickapoos, 66 by the Sac and FOX1,0 0 by the Absentee Shawnees, and 60 by the Pottawatomies; also one business lease by the Sac and Fox Indians. The consideration for farming and grazing leases is 25 cents per acre per annnm for grazing land, to $2.50 for the best farming lands, though the prevailing price is $1 per acre. Most of the leases call for the erection of certain improvements in addition to the cash consideration. The business lease is for a term of five years. The consideration is $1 per annum. The allottee donates . the use of said lot to the Methodist Episcopal Uhnrch. Santee Agency, Nebr.-One grazing lease of 160 acres for a term of five years from April 1,1896. The consideration is lla cents per aore ' per annnm. Biletz Agency, kg.-No additional leases on this reservation during the past year. (See last Annual Report, p. 42.) Turtle Mountain Reaervation, N. D&,-One farming and grazing lease covering a nonreservation allotment. The term is three years. The consideration is $1.25 per acre per annum. Umatilh Agency, 0reg.-Twenty-one farming and grazing leases by the Cayuse, 3 by the Umatilla, and 18 by the Walla Walls Indians. The term is from one to five years. The consideration to be paid ranges from 69 oents to $2.25 per acre per annum. Yankton Agency, S. Dak.-No additional leases at this Agency during the past year. (See last Annual Report, p. 42.) |