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Show I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 33 be done under this amended act. The new rules prescribed there-' nuder for executing leases will be found herewith on page 421. It has been repeatedly stated that it was not the intent of the law nor the policy of the office to allow indiscriminate leasing of allotted lands, which would defeat the very purpose of allotments, but to permit 1 such leasing only when the allottee "by reason of age or other disa-bility" is unable to occupy his land. If an allottee has physical or mental ability to cultivate att allotment by personal labor or by hired. help, the leasing of such allotment should not he permitted. ALLOTTED LANDS, Since the last annual report, the following leases of allotted lands have been approved: Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, 0kla.-Eight farming leases, each for the period of three years. The principal part of the consideration in these leases consists in improvements to be placed upon the lands by the lessees. Omaha and Winnebago Reservations, Neb.-About two hundred and twenty-three farming arid grazing leases. The price ranges from 26 cents per acre per annum for grazing lands to $2.50 per acre for the best farming lauds. The prevailing price, however, is $1 per acre. The' leases are mainly for the period of three years from January 1,1894. A few that were executed subsequent to this date are for the period of three years from the date of execution, and one or two are for a shorter period. Ponca Agency, 0kla.-Nineteen leases for farming and grazing purposes of allotted lands of the Tonkawa Indiaus (attached to the Poncs Agency). These leases are all for the period of three years from March 1,1894. The price ranges from 25 cents per acre per aunum for graz-ing lands to $1 per acre for farming lands. Most of the leases call for the erection of a small dwelling house in addition to the money con-sideration therein mentioned. Quapaw Agency, In& T.-Two leases for mining purposes of allotted lands of the Wyandotte Indians, each for the period of ten years, were approved by the Secretary August 8,1894. They provide for the pay-ment of a royalty equal to 10 per centnm of the market value of all mineral products removed from the leased premises; Santee Agency, Neb.-Noleases have been made at Santee during the past year in addition to the one referred to in my last annual report. Umatilla Reservation, 0reg.-Forty-two farming and grazing leases. These range in amount from 73 to 280 acres. The prevailing price is $1 per acre per aunnm, though one or two pieces are rented for less. One of the allotments is leased for $2 per acre. The leases in about equal numbers me for the periods of one, two, and three years. White Earth Agency, ?&inn.-One lease of allotted lands granted lLRed Bear" under the provisions of article 9 of the treaty of October 2,1863 (13 Stats., 667). This embraces a tract of 640 acres and ie 6655 I 6 - 4 |