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Show 24 COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. sold for a bonus of $1,585,000, and several other tracts for more than $1,000,000 each. Three sales of Osage oil leases were held during the fiscal year and the number of acres sold and bonus received therefor are shown by the following tabulation: Dec. 12,1821 ........................................................... 1 35,825 $202.88 17,267,w Msr. 2,1922 ............................................................. 33 467 llR.02 3 949 950 June 28,1921. .................................................. ..- ..) ..1... 32'9~ 330.94 10:837:950 Total .............................................................. 102,182 .......... 1 22,105,540 Regulations to govern the settlement of damages to surfve owners of their leases caused by mineral lessees in the Osa e Reser-vation, as provided by the act of Con ress approved &arch 3, 1921 (41 Stat., 1249), were approved 0ctofer 20,1921. METALLIFEROUS MINERALS. Ten leases covering mining claims located on various Indian res-ervations under the provisions of section 26 of the act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat.. 31), as amended by the Indian appropriations act of March 3, 1921, authorisin mining for metalliferous minerals, includin magnesite, gyps.um, fiimestone, and asbestos, on nnallotted lands o f ~ n d i a nre servations were approved during the year. A number of applications for lease covering principally asbestos de-posits in the Fort Apache and San Carlos Reservations were also approved, although leases thereon have not been consummated. PROBATING ESTATES AND APPROVING WILLS OF DECEASED INDIANS. Probating the trust estates of deceased Indians as well as passing upon their wills is important work requiring service trained in pro-bate matters, both in the field and the office. A graduated fee is charged for probating estates and approving wills, and these fees range from $15 to $50, depending on the ap-praised valuation of the estates of decedents. During the year 3,164 heirship cases and 341 mills were dis-posed of. Miscellaneous cases involving minor matters numbered 3,806. Fifteen examiners of inheritance were employed in holding hear-ings on reservations and the p~iblicd omain. Fees aggregatin? $80,840 were earned under authority of the act of February 14, 1990, which are covered into the Treasury of the United States and to that extent offset the $100,000 annually appro-priated for this work. PROBATE WORK IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A very important probate business is conducted in that part of Oklahoma which was formerly the Indian Territory, where it is necessary to see that the property of deceased restricted and de- |