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Show REPORT' OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 9 ness affairs, covering a total of 64,000 acres. Under a law enacted in 1916, a patent was issued to the Washington State Historical Society on two small tracts in the Colville Reservation marking the site of the early operations of the Hudson Bay Co., and the money payment therefor was deposited in the United States Treasury. A trust patent on 320 acres was issued to the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians in California. Restrictions as to alienation were removed and certificates of competency issued involving 150 tracts, aggregating 1,550 acres. Ordinarily, if the Indian has attained the competency of the average white man his a~ulicationf or a certificate or ~ a t e nitn fee has been granted. A LANDS ALESA ND L~~s~s . -Sa l eosf land and the acreage involved were 1,328 and 171,7?5, respectively, as compared with 1,006 and 104,814 for the previous year. Installment payments of the pur-chase price of lands sold on time have been generally satisfactory, but it has been found necessary to grant some extensions, and in such cases the consent of the Indians interested and the payment of in-terest due are required. The Indians are encouraged to hold and cultivate their lands, whenever possible, and to make their homes there, but the surplus not thus used is leased, not only for the immediate revenue but for the benefits of cultivation and permanent improvements eventually accruing to the Indian owner. Last year, between forty and fifty thousand farming and grazing leases were made on more than 4,000,000 acres of allotted lands for which the Indians received a cash rental of approximately $5,000,000. LANDS RECLASSIFIEADN D REAPPR~I~ED. - -AoCn ~11~6O a~pp lications for reclassification and reappraisement of lands subject to home-stead disposition on various reservations, pursuant to the act of June 6, 1912, resulted in a reduction of the original appraisement in 45 cases and in 71 cases the applications for reduction were denied. CALIFORNIIAN DIANS.-TWO tracts of land containing 70 acres were purchased for homeless Indians in California at a total cost of $8,500 from funds appropriated by Congress for this purpose. It is esti-mated that about 200 Indians may obtain home sites on these tracts. EXTENSIOOF NTR UST ~~nIon.-The period of trust was extended for 10 years by order of the President on allotments made to Indians on the reservations at Devils Lake, N. Dak.; Round Valley, Calif., and Santee, Nebr. More than 800 allotments are covered by these exten-sions. LANDRo n NAVAJOIN DIANS.-Settlement of conflicts over grazing rights of Navajo Indians and cattlemen in a number of townships in New Mexico east, and formerly a part of the Navajo Reservation, was effected through an appropriat~ono f $100,000. Of this amount $10,000 was used for leasing several townships and.$90,000 for pur-chasing one township with a large free-flowing artes~anw ell, together with small tracts on other townships containing a well and locations where water may be developed. INDIAINN SASN J UACNO UNTYU, TAH.-Preliminary surveys were commenced for allotments to two small bands of Utes and P~ut e sin San Juan County, Utah. These two bands were headed by Old Posey and Polk, the former now deceased, and in the past have given much trouble to the authorities of Utah. The lands to be allotted |