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Show 54 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOiC4R OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. The agent stated that thelogs were larger in size and better in quality than those cut during the season of 1894-95, but that he did not think that better rates could be obtained if reoffered for sale, as therewas evi-dently a combination among the lumbermen to obtain the logs at a low price. The bids were therefore submitted to the Department, March 17,1896, with the recommendat,ion that the bid of 8. W. Hollister & Go., of Oshkosh, Wis., for the logs on Wolf River and tributaries, at $8.50 per 1,000 feet, and that of the Holt Lumber Uompany, of Oconto, Wis., for the logs on the South Branch of the Oconto River, at $11.25 per 1,000 feet, be accepted. The Department, nuder date of March 18, 1896,accepted the bids of S. W. Hollister & Go. and the Holt Lumber Company, and the sale of the logs to them was confirmed as follows: S. W.Hollistor & Co., Oshkoah, Wis., 9,232,990 feet on Wolf River and tributaries, a5 $8.50 per 1.000 feet .............. $78,480.4d HoltLumber Co., Ooonto, Wk., 7,767,010 feet on SonthBranoh of Ooonto River, at $11.25 per 1,000 feet .................. 87,378.86 A total of 17,000,000 feet. ............................ 165,859.28 This average of $9.75 per 1,000 feet is an increase of 44 cents per 1,000 feet over the season of 1894-95, and an increase of $1.40 over the seasonof 1893-04, when 20,000,000 feet, banked on both rivers, wax sold to one bidder at $8.35 per 1,000 feet. In addition to the logs sold as above the Indians, under authority of the Department, cut and banked 1,870,800 feet of shingle bolts, which were advertised and sold as follows: To Black Bros. & Go., of Shawm~o, Wia., 980,975 feet on the Oconto River, st $1.50 per 1,000 feet ................................................. $1,471.46 To S. W. Hollister & Co., of Oshkosh, Wis., 889,825 feet on the Wolf River, at $1.45 per 1,000 feet ................................................. 1,290.25 In view of the extremely low price obtained for these shingle bolts I shall recommend when the proper time comes that no authority be grant.ed to cut shingle bolts the coming season, but that all timber be cut into logs, scaled, and reserved for sale for what merchantable lnmber they may contain. EXHIBITION .OF INDIANS. Some applications have been received during the year asking for anthority to take Indians from reservations for exhibition purposes, but most of them ]lave been refused. The authorities granted by the De-partment are as follows: March 7,1896,to Messrs. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and Salisbury, to take 100 ln&ians from reservations inNorth and South Dakota, New Mexim, and Oklahoma Territory for general show and exhibition purposes. A bond in the sum of $10,000 was given by this firm. April 25, 1896, to the Zoological Society of Cincinnati, Ohio, to take not to exceed 100 Indians from such reservations as mightpe desired, for |