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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 83 The lease in faGor of George A. H. Mills, with the Department's consent, has been assigned to the Ravia Asphalt Company. Segregation of mineral 1ands.J. A. Taff, of the Geological Survey, was instructed to examine the lands in the Choctaw Nation which were considered valuable by reason of containing coal or asphalt. He made a report recommending that 445,052.23 acres be segregated. This report was approved by the Department March 24, 1903. Under existing law, the Choctaw and Chickasaw supplemental agreement, this land will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidders for cash by a wmmission composed of three persons appointed by the President. The commission has not yet been appointed. These lands are reserved from allotment and are to be sold within three years from September 25,1902, the date of the ratification of the Choctaw-Chicka-saw supplemental agreement. COLLECTION OF REVENUES. In the Creek and Cherokee nations the Government collects the roy-alty on all minerals mined from tribal lands, and it also collects the tax from all noncitizen traders residing and doing business in the nations, as well as the tax or royalty on hay, ferries, and the permit. taxes. In the Choctaw Nation tribal taxes are collected by the tribal authorities. In the Chickasaw Nation the Government collects the cattle tax. The following aggregate amounts have been collected in the various nations from July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903, to wit: C h o c k and Chickasaw nations, except cattle tax ........ $643,530.40 Cherokee Nation ....................................... 58,820.88 Creek Nation .......................................... 237,760.71 Chickasaw Nation, cattle tax ............................ 30,511.65 The money collected in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations is from the following sources: Coalroyalty ........................................... $259,686.58 Asphalt myalty ........................................ 2,243.26 Timber ................................................ 43,226.25 Stone ................................................... 947.10 Payments on town lots ................................. 337,427.21 The total amount collected in the Cherokee Nation from royalties and the sale of town lots is $29,469.16, arising from the following sources: Stone royalty ............................................ $286.63 Hay royalty .............................................. 3,444.82 Coalroyalty ............................................ 2,813.66 Merchandisetax.. ........................................ 88.48 Oil and gas royalty ....................................... 1,300.00 Gravel royalty.. ......................................... 70.40 Ferry tax ................................................. 178.77 Sale of town lo ts... ....................................... 21,286.40 |