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Show REPORT OF THE CO~ISSIONER OF IAN AFFABL 77 The farming and grazing leases are generally drawn for three years, but some are for one and two year periods. The consideration ranges from 20 cents per acre per annum for grazing lands to $2.50 for farm-ing lands. The price paid for business leases ranges from $10 to $15 per acre per annum. The term is five years. Four farming and grazing leases on the Ponca and 4 on the Tonkawa Reservation are pending before the Department; 143 leases on the Ponca and 21 on the Pawnee Reservation have been executed upon which no action has been taken. Potawatomi and Qreat Bemaha Agency, Kans.-Eighty-four farming and grazing leases. The term is generally three years. The consid-eration ranges from 50 cents per acre per annum to $3. Puyallnp Reservation, Wash.-Eleven farming and grazing leases. The term ib generally two years. The consideration ranges from 40 cents per acre per annum to $10.50. Round Valley Reservation, Gal.-Thirteen farming and grazing leases. The term is from one to three years. The consideration ranges from $1 to $2 per acre per annum. Sank and Fox Agency, Okla-Xorty-five farming and grazing leases by the Sauk and Fox allottees, 25 by the Iowa, 25 by the Potawatomi, 47 by the Absentee Shawnee, and 8 by the Kickapoo; also one lease of 40 acres for business purposes on a Kickapoo allotment. The terms are from one to three years. The consideration ranges from 15 cents per acre per annum to $3.25 per annum for farming and grazing leases and $150 per annum for the business leare for the term of five years. Biletz Reservation, 0reg.-Three farming and grazing leases. The term is three years. The consideration ranges from 30 cents per acre per annum to $1.50. Bisseton Agency, S. Dak.-Two hundred and thirty-eight farming and grazing leases. The term is three years. The consideration ranges from 14 cents per acre per annum to 871- cents. Eighty leases are pending before the Department. Forty-eight Ieases have been executed upon which no action has been taken. Southern Ute Agency, 0010.-One farming and grazing lease. The term is three years. The consideration is $50 per annum for 120 acres. Umatilla Agency, 0reg.-Nineteen farming and grazing leases. The terms are two and three years. The consideration ranges from $1.25 per acre per annum to $3.50; also two business leases for the term of five years, at a consideration of $25 per annum for 5 acres. Yakima Agency, Wash.-Forty-five farming and grazing leases. The term is five years. The consideration ranges from 50 cents per acre per annum to $6.50. |