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Show , REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFBIRS. 59 timber cut. The net amount recovered was $600, which was placed to the credit of the allottees. Fond du Lac.-As was said in my last report, on January 26,1907, the proposal of Martin Brothers of Dulutb, Minn., for the pur-chase of timber on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota, was accepted. Nine contracts entered into with allottees on this reservation have been forwarded for approval, and are now under consideration by the Forest Service. Grand Portage.-On June 13, 1907, the department authorized the . 1 , publication of notices in newspapers in Minnesota and Wisconsin that allottees of the Grand Portage Reservation in Minnesota would I be allowid to dispose of their timber. Regulations to govern its sale were approved under the.act of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 209), I and bids for the purchase of the timber were opened on August 16, 1907. The bid of A. V. Johnson of Grand Marais, Minn., was nc-cepted, and his bond in the sum of $25,000, guaranteeing his faithful performance of the terms of the contracts, was approved by the department on February 14, 1908. No 'contracts have yet been forwarded for consideration. 1 LEEOH LAKE AGENCY. There was logged on allotments under the jurisdiction of Leech Lake Agency, in Minnesota, during the last fiscal year, 3,271,760 feet 1 I of timber, of which 2,734,430 feet was logged under approved con-tracts; and the proceeds, amounting to $18,536.74, have been deposited to the credit of the various allottees. There was also cut, in trespass, X9,640 feet, by contractors on adjoining ceded lands. Of ' the proceeds of this timber $512.37 has been deposited to the credit of the allottees, and $67.09 is still due and unpaid. For 7,700 feet of timber cut in trespass no settlement has heen proposed. In addition to the above, 447,670 feet of timber, of the net value of $2,618.79, was cut without authority on the allotment of a minor. This amount has not yet been adjusted. MENOMINEE RFISER~ATION. In the " blown-down district " of the Menominee Reservation in IVisconsin, 39 contracts were entered into with Menominee Indians and white men, with the approval of the department, under the provisions of the act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 547). Under these contracts 41,241,880 feet of timber was cut, including 2,665,870 feet cut from lands claimed by the State. The total contract price to be paid for cutting and delivering this timber is $283,489.72, of which $228,935.82 has been paid. The remainder, $54,553.90, is being withheld pending an examination by the Forest Service into 6326609-5 - |