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Show comra~roxO~F ~IN DIAN A F F A ~ . 75 upon such terms as shall be prescribed by the'secretarp, for a term not exceeding three years for grazing or farming and p i n g , and five years for farming only or for mining or business pnrposas, except that improved lands on the Yakima Reservation, Wash., may ' be leased for not exceeding ten years for agricultural purposes. The amended rules governing the leasing of allotted lands provide that each able-bodied adult male Indian not engaged in some occupa-tion by which he is gaining a livelihood for himself and family will 1 be required to reserve not less than 40 acres of cultivable land from his own allotment for occupancy and cultivation by himself, which shall always be exempt from leasing; a180 that those partially but not wholly disqualified by physical infirmities from working will be required to work or manage a part of their allotments, to be deter-mined by the actual conditions in eachcase. In both of these cases the allottees will be permitted to receive only a portion of their lease money from that portion of their allotments that may be leased; the remainder to be retained until the expiration of the lease period, whenever in the discretion of the agent or school superintendent such action will not work a hardship to them. An amendment to the leasing rules, dated October 13,1903, provides tbat "no applications for mining leases will be considered by the Department unless specific permission has first been granted by the^ Department for negotiating for the same with the individual Indians whose lands are sought to be leased." All approved grazing leases for terms in excess of one year provide for fencing the lands in addition to the cash rental, and all approved farming and grazing leases. for terms in excess of two years have provision either for placing some substantial improvements on the premises, or for breaking new lands, or for both. ' The following list includes d l leases approved from October 9,1903, to September 30, 1904: TABLE 1 6 . - h e 8 of &Ued low3 approwed b d d k b e r 9 , 2 9 ~ 9a,n d &pftembpr 80, 1904. - PuWsz. Consideration. Cheyenne and Arapg ho lands, Oklahoma. c s n t o n m e n t Sehml. Segersehml ....... Colville ency Wash. cmwcre%.4gehey,s. Dak. - LTn 1 1 134 6 191 1 1 2 40 Farming sod graelng .......... Fair grounds and gradng, 35 Bores. Slaughterin cattle 5 acre.. ... F-ing8n%giezihg .......... Mining for m n m . ............ Farming and grazlng .......... Lunuh and oonfeetionerg, 24 8em. mrming and ohnrch. 40 Bores.. Wmlog ....... ....,............ 0 . ~ ..4....~.... .............. 12 cents %re for graslng to S2.M per acr%r farmlng per annum. $150 per annum for 2 years. $154 per aonum for S years. 12eentsperaoreforgrazingto76eents per acre for farmrng per annum. $75 r annum and 6 cents per tan for alEypsum mined for 5 yeem. 18 cents per acre for g m n g to $4.50 per m e fo r farming per bnnum. g?O,l gear. $16 per annum S years. aeenfe to8l.4bperacreperannum. 10 to I24 cents per acre per annum. |