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Show 54 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAX APPAIRS. Appropriations were also made by other acts, as follows: Current and contingent expenses ........................................ 823.668.73 ............ Fulfilling treatr stipulations .............................................. .......... Misoellaneous ................................................................. Total. .................................................................... I103,958,37 - 182,028.6 8 Adding these two together, we have the total appropriations for the two years. Total appropriations for the 1mdia.n swvioe for the fiscal years 1907 amd 1908. Current and contingent expenses.. .......................... :.. ....... $913,468.78 $917 8W. W ~ulflllingtr eaty stipulations .......................................... 2,450.976.90 2.41d278.16 Miscell&oeous~ upport9.. .............................................. 676 WOw. 6 6 5 ' ~ ~ . 0 0 Incidental ex enses ................................................... 70:WO.W 74:ow.m Support of segaols ..................................................... s 924 630.03 4 059 995.00 Mis~ell&neou..~... ..................................................... 1: 493:907.72 2:296:643.47 Total. ........................................................... 9,428,983.35 / 10,305,216.69 The excess of 1908 over 1907 is $876,233.28, and is accounted for as follows: Excess of 1908 over 1907 : Current and contingent expenses- -.---.-..$4-,3-31-.27- --- Incidental expenses -..------.-..-.--4,-00-0.-00- --..-.-- Support of schools ............................... 115,365.00 Miscellaneous .................................... 801,735.75 -4925,432.02 Excess of 1907 over 1908: FulElling treaty stipulations ..---------.- --38-,69.8..7-4 - Miscellaneous supports ........................... 10,500.00 49.198.74 Net increase for 1908. .................. ..................8 76,233.28 The principal items of this increase are support of schools, $115,365, as will appear from the table, $515,000 appropriated in fulfillment of agreements with Indians-$440,000 for the Indians of the Black-feet Reservation,'Mont., and $75,000 for the Indians of the Wid River Reservation, Wyo.-and $180,000 for.certain lands of the Rose-bnd Reservation, 9. Dak., carried under " Miscellaneous '' in the table. IRRIQATION. As I have already said, a plan has been made for the closest cooper- ' ation between the Reclamation Service and this Office in the conduct of irrigation projects under the jurisdiction of this Office. The plan was approved by the Depai.tment on April 9, 1907. It contemplates, among other things, that all broad questions of policy shall be deter-mined in advance, annually or quarterly, by the Director of the Rec- |