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Show 14 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TRIBAL ENROLLMENT The act of June 4, 1924, provided for the making of a final tribal roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina preparatory to allotment of the reservation lands in severalty and the per capita payment of their tribal funds. More than 16,000 1 enrollment applications, and approximately 450 contested enrollment cases are pending for determination. It is believed that the work will not be completed in the field until some time in the fall of 1927. ROADS AND BRIDGES Activity of the local and State highway authorities in securing I rights of way for and in constructing and improving public highways across Indian lands in all sections of the country continued unabated and approxin~ately2 00 .right-of-way applications were received and approved covering more than 1,000 miles of road. OIL AND GAS New leases mere made on 78,286 acres of allotted lands belonging to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes during the year, or approxi-mately 18,000 acres less than were leased during the prior year. The allottees received a revenue therefrom of $4,846,091. There are now 7,050 producing oil wells and 214 producing gas wells on lands of the Five Civilized Tribes. The gross production of oil from lands of these Indians for the year was 13,414,657 barrels. There are 8,804 oil and gas leases in force covering more than 788,000 acres belonging to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes, 70 coal and asphalt leases on tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and 74 such leases on allotted lands. On December 7, 1926, the regulations were amended to provide that oil and gas leases on lands of the Five Civilized Tribes shall be advertised and sold through competitive bidding to the highest responsible bidder. Tiere were 411 producing oil wells and 49 gas wells drilled on the Osage Reservation during the year. There are now 9,887 producing oil wells and 776 producing gas wells within this reservation. There were 219 new leases approved during the year, for which the Indians I received in bonus payments the sum of $3,953,000. The rental and royalty income for the year was $10,527,296. The gross production of oil within the Osage reservat~on for the year was 25,884,734 barrels, while the gross production from all Indian oil and gas leases was approximately 41,000,000 barrels. The Indians of tribes other than the Osages and Five Civilized Tribes received a revenue for the year from oil and gas leases of more than $1,200,000. Within the Navajo treaty reservation, N. Mex., 7 producing oil wells were drilled, making a total of 29 |