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Show R E P O R T OF TEB COMMISSIONER OF I N D I A N A F F A I R S . OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C., Septen~ber2 6, 18.q8. SE: The Sixty-seventh Annual Report of the Office of Indian Affairs is respectfully submitted. APPROPRIATIONS. The act providing for the current and oontingeut expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulatio~~ms ith various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending Juue 30, 1899, appropriated $7,653,854.90, an excess of $222,234.01 over the amouut appropriated for 1898. The different objects of appropriation are shown by the following comparative table: Appropriations for the Indian ssrvioe for the paoaZ years 1808 and 1899. The variations in the different items for 1899 as colupared mith those for 1898 are as follows: Coment and contingent expenses. ....................................... PuMmng trsaty stipulation^^ .......................................... MiaoeUaneona support, gratoitiea ........................................ Incidents1 arpenaea .................................................. anpport of aohoola ....................................................... Mbcebnmns ........................................................... Increases: Current sod contingent expenaes ....................... $42,8W. 00 Fulfillingt reaty stipnlstions ........................... 126,52@1. 6 Support af schools ..................................... 6,618.65 Miscellaneous ......................................... 55,187.20 Total inorease ................................... 231,134.01 Decrease: Miaoellaneous,, mtuities. .............................. 8.900. (M - ........ Net inorease ..................................... 222,234.01 $710,040.00 8,123,871.74 673.025.00 80,000. 00 a, 631 171.35 182: 912.80 )782,&10.00 3.250. 399.90 Be. 125.00 80.000.00 2,638,390.00 238.100.00 |