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Show 48 COMMIBBIONEB OF INDIAN AXFAIRS. amounted to 9,943,919.45 barrels, of which the Osage Tribe received as royalty 1,643,223.68 barrels. The total receipts of the Osage Tribe from oil and gas leases from July 1, 1916, until June 30, 1917, amounted to approximately $5,000,000. OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY OUTSIDE THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES AND OSAGE NATION. Prior to the fiscal year 1912 comparatively little interest was shown in the oil and gas industry outside the Five Civilized Tribes and Osage Nation. Subsequent to that time, however, the industry has shown a steady increase, until at the present time oil fields are in operation not only on the Indian lands in Oklahoma but in the States of Wyoming and Washington as well, and recently on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The greatest development has been made on the Otoe, Pawnee, Ponca, Kiowa, and Sac and Fox Reservations in Oklahoma, on dotted lands, Shoshone, Wyo., showing the greatest development on tribal lands. Owing to the steady increase in the price of oil during the fiscal year 1917, it has been a banner year in the leasing of Indian lands for oil and gas mining purposes. The regulations approved Septem-ber 3, 1912, governing the leasing of restricted allotted Indian lands for mining purposes fix the amount of rentals and royalties, making it obligatory on the lessee to pay the amounts thus specified. In addition to the rentals and royalties prescribed by the regu-lations, bonuses are paid directly to the Indian lesson, varying in amount from a few dollars to several thousands of dollam, owing to the geological indications of the presence of oil or gas and the prox-imity of the land to developed territory. The following statement shows the approximate number of acres on which leases for oil and gas mining purposes are approved or pending at the various agencies outside of the Five Civilized Tribes and Osage Nation up to and including June 30, 1917: -- AsernY. ..- ALLOTTED LANDS. cheyemaodi\rspabo... ...................................................... mows.. ........................................................................ OtoB ............................................................................ pa,,- ......................................................................... p- ........................................................................... Sac md Pax, Okls ........................................................... sm- ........................................................................ ~hmhone... .................................................................... spme. ....................................................................... Total.. .................................................................. |