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Show its lease No. 4, and a new lease having the same number was entered into by it. December 10, 1901, the assignment of D. Edwards & Co. of its cod lease No. 3 to the Arkansas-McAlester Coal Company was approved. July 28,1902, departmental permission was given the Kansas and , Texas Coal Company to transfer its four leases to the Central Coal and Coke Company. Asphalt.-The Choctaw Asphalt Company, one lease; submitted April 18; approved April 22, 1902. The Gilsonite Roofing and Paving Company, one lease; submitted August 11; approved August 14,1!302. April 3, 1902, the asphalt lease of the Caddo Asphalt Company was, upon its application, canceled. Oil.--July 5,1902, the Office sent to the Department twelve leases entered into by the Cherokee Oil and Gas Company for lands in the Cherokee Nation, and such leases were approved July 10, 1902. August 7, 1902, there was forwarded to the Department one lease of the Cudahy Oil Company, which was approved on the same day. OOLJ,ECTION OF REVENUES. The only moneys collected by the ~ e ~ a r t m e innt the Choctaw Nation are those arising from coal and asphalt and from town lot sales;.and in the Chickasaw Nation those arising from coal, asphalt, and cattle and from town lot sales. All other taxes are collected bx the tribal authorities. In the Creek and Cherokee nations all taxes are collected by officers-of the Department. The following aggregate amounts were collected in the various nations from all sources during the period from July 1,1901, to June 30, 1902: Choctaw, $360,170.69; Chickasaw, $120,056.62; Cherokee, $17,060.08, and Creek, $97,733.35. On June 3,1902, the Department approved regulations for the col-lection of cattle taxes in the Chickasaw Nation in accordance with the Chickasaw act which was approved by the governor of that nation May 3, 1902, and by the President May 15,1902, and which provided for the collection of taxes on cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and goats. The exact amount of tax collected by the revenue inspector is not known to this office, but it amounts to considerably over $6,000. TOWN SITES. My last annual report gave the names of the towns whose exterior limits had been sui~eyeda nd platted, and also the names of the towns that"oad been surveyed and platted. Since then the exterior limits of the following towns have been established. |
