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Show 74 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Prom the foregoing statement it will be seen that the "current and coiltingent expenses:' of the Indiau service, which include pay of special Indian agents, Iudian inspectors and school superintendent, expenses of the Board of Indian Oommissioners, and miscellaneous contingent expenses, have been decidedly decreased in the appropria-tions% f or the last two years. ' U'nder the head of "Fulfilling treaty stipulations with and Bnpport of Irtdian tribes (treaty obligations)," it will be noticed that theamount appropriated for the fiscal year 1885 is $2,680,160.04, and for the fiscal years 1893 and 1894 is $3,142,807.87 and $2,849,406.44, respectively. These iucremes are accountad for by several agreements made with the 1:ndians in the last few years, whicl~p rovide for a11 arinudlpayment of certain sums for a certain number of years. The appropriation of $2,8iL9,406.44 include8 the following sums appropriated on account of agreements negotiated since 1885: Agreement with- Crenr dlAIBne Indians .................................... Fort Hall Indiana ........................................ Indians st Blackfeet Agency ............................. Indians at Fort Belknap Agency. ......................... Indians et Fort Peck Agency ............................. Indians at Fort Berthold Agency ......................... lowas in Oklahohoma ...................................... Sioux (sohools) .......................................... Sissetou snd Wahpeton .................................. Chippewas in Minnesota. ................................ Spokanes ................................................ B'unds appropriated under the head of '' miscellaneous supportn are for Indians who have no treaty or agreement funds, or wlrose funds under agreement or treaty are insufficient. The amount appropriated in 18,35 under this head was $1,282,978.81; since then it has decreased nearly 50 per cent. Of the $690,671 for 1894 the sum of $400,000 is give11 for the support of the Indians at the Cheyenne and Arapaho, Kiowa,, Sau Oarlou, Jicarilla, and Mescalero Apache ager~cies,a nd the balance is divided among the Indians of thirty agencies scattered over the whole United States. Fo:c "general and mniscellaneons expenses of the Indian service," $925,484.79 mere appropriated for 1885 and $1,864,204.19 for 1894. The above sum of $1,804,204.19 includes $160,000, which is reimbursable from the sale hereafter of lands belonging to Indians, and which is made np of the following items: Aiding Indiw allottees ....................... $15,000.00 Allotments under act of February 8,1887 ...... 40,000.00 Relief of Chippemes in Minnesota. ............ 100,000.00 Sale and allotxuant of Unlatills, Reservation ...- 5,0-00.00 Total.. ............................................. $160,000.00 |