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Show but this season's cutting was over the old ground, and includes dead aid down tim-ber, andmuch of that out standing had been rejected before asinferior; consequently the quantity bankid is not so good ss the out of 1892-'93. It must %Illso he con- / sidered that the general scaroity of money haa some effect on the price of lumber as well as other merahsndise, and as I think, under the oiroumstanoes, it would not be of advantage to reject all these bids and readvertisethe lunther, Ireapectfully recommend that hid No.5, that of Hollister & MoMillan, of $8.35 for all, amounting 60 J3,330,000 feet (more or less), be accepted end the sale confirmed to that firnl. The Department replied the same date as follows: . . I have oonsiderod your oommumoetion of 22d instant, submitting bids reoeived for the purchase of timber cut and banked by the Monomonea Indians during the season of 1893 and 1894, under the provisions of the sot of June 12, 1890 (26 Stats., 145), in accordance with the advertisement authorized by Department letter of 26th ultimo. The bid of Messrs. Hollister &McMillan, being the highest for all the logs out and banked,is hereby accepted, and authority is herebp granted to sell said logs, amounting to 13,330,000 feet (more or less), to said parties at the price offered by them, $8.35 per thousand feet. The sale was consequently confirmed to Jlessrs. Hollister & McMillan, who in due time received the logs, paying therefor $111,305.50. Out of this money the loggers were paid for banking $52,493.75, and after the other necessary expenses, such as pay of superintendent, assistant superintendent, extra clerical work, scaling, and advertising, the net proceeds were placed to the credit of the Indians, as provided for in the act, viz, one-fifth to be used for the benefit of the Indians at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and the balance to bear 5 per cent interest, to'be paid to them per capita, or expendedfor fheir benefit as the Secretary of the Interior may direot. / About the time that the Indians had finished banking their logs I received the fol lo~ingle tter from the agent, dated February 9,1894, in regard tdutilizing tops and butts by banking them as shingle bolts: I have the honor to request that I heinformed if, under letter of Xovsmber 8,1893, I am authorized to allaw&Ienamanee~-when they have banked the lo~stlooordingto their agreements-to proceed to hank shingle halts from tops and butts and timber . that would otherwiaebeunmerchmtahle. If I amnot soauthorized i would respect-fully request such authority, and that money he furnished to pay far scaling mid shingle bolts, to be refunded from the proceeds of sale of said shingle bolta. Indians banking shingles to have balance-after paying scaling and all other inoidental expense-less 10 per cent for poor fund. As I anticipated that the regular logging returns would be very limited this season, I addressed the Department as follows, February 19,1894: I have the honor to submit a request froru Thomas H. Savage, spent, Green Bay Agency, Wis., for authority to allow the Menomonee Indians belonging to his agency to bank ss shingle bolts part of the timber on their.reservation,'which is not suitable for ode aa logs or "timber" under provisions of aot of June 12, 1890 (26 Stats., 146). Under date of November 1,1893, this offioe submitted to the Department a :umber of oommunicatioos in regard to the logging operations by these Indians during the seaaon of 1883 and 1884, wherein the situation is fully explnined and application made to allow these Indians to prepare the refuse timber for shingle bolts while they rvere engaged in banking pine logs under the provisions of the act. Thin offioe is of the opinion that to grant this privilege to these Indians, to h k e |