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Show 2 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS., aggregate of the act for 1894 by $3,866,245.65, as will appear from the following comparative table: TABLE l.-Appr0priation8 fov tlte Indun anvice for the JscaZ years 1894 alrd 1895. contingent =a othereapensea ........................................... $195,800.1 Treat obligations w~thindiant ribe8 .................................... 3,170 073.1 ~ i ~ o e h n e o usu8p po.r.t.s.,. g..r.a.t.u..it.i.s ..~........ ........................................................................ 690: 125.00 1 ,663; ?! :alexpenses 121.500. T - BI 811888 845,540.1 lDoortofsahoo!3 ..... ........................... 2,243,482.: mds. ~rinoioa.l. .................................................. 30.993.90 1 1. Incidenl IU 1~4~,~ 0.00 Minoellaneoui W 809.785.84 st .. I8 2 060 6% 00 Trust fn I ~~:916:66 Trust funda; interdat ....................................................................................... Pzpment forlnnds m,tSed) Total ............................................................... 1,884,240 i Eaoeaa of 1895 over 1884 .................................. ..........I... ....... ::.-I2; 866,245.65 I I While the foregoing table shows the t,otal amount appropriated it does not show correctly the amount of the curreut expenses of the Indian Department for either year. 111 order to arrive at that, appro. priations made for certain special purposes must be considered. The Indian appropriation act is entitled "an act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfill-ing treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes." Formerly it was confined wit,h comparative strictness to that object; but of recent years Congress has been in the habit of attaching to this act agreements with various Indian tribes and of ratifying them therein, instead of ratify-ing them in separate acts, as in former years. This adds to what is called an appropriation for the Indian service large sums which me really payments for lands purchased by the Government primarily for the benefit of its white citizens. In the current appiopriation this amounts to $2,467,697, or nearly 23 per cent of the entire sum. Besides this, there are certain objects appropriated for almost every year, under the head of ~~Mis~ellaneouws,h"i ch, being only occasional and for special purposes, should not properly be considered as a part of the current expenses of the Indian service. As already stated, the total amount appropriated for 1894 was $7,884,240.38. This amouut includes the following items: Purahsse of bonds belonging to Delawares.. ........... $30,033.90 Payment of Sisaeton and Wahpeton scouts ............. 30,666.66 Payment for Cherokee Ontlst .......................... 295,136.00 Payment to Tonkowas for lands.. ...................... 30,600.00 Payment to Pawnees for lmds .......................... 80,960.00 Removal of Eastern Band of Cherokees.. ............ :. 24 000.00 481,996.56 There are other minor items which might be added to this list, which, being small, are omitted. Deducting the total of these sums from the whole amount appropriated, there remains for the current expenqes'of the Department for 1894, $7,396,243.82. |