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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 41 Stamling Rock; N. Dak.-Allotments on this as well as other Sioux reservations in North and South Dakota, under the provisions of the acts of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L., 888), and March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 10481, vary in area from 80 acres of agricultural to 640 acres of grazing land, according to the status of the allottee and character of the land selected in.allotment. Prior to June 30, 1908, allot-ments were approved to about 2,494 Indians on this reservation. Since that date allotments in the field have been made to 1,275 Indians. The act of May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 460), provides for opening a part of this and the Cheyenne River Reservation. Commissioners to appraise the surplus unallotted lands are at work on each reserva-tion, and when completed the opening will be held under the super-vision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Osage, 0kh.-The last annual report of my predecessor refers to the first, second, and third selections by members of the Osage tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. On June 29, 1908, the Osage allotting commission took up the work of the final division of the Osage lands. In this division each member of the tribe received approximately 179.50 acres. This, added to the three selections, gives each member of the tribe approximately 659.51 acres. Elamth, 0reg.-Special Allotting &ent Hiram F. White has practically completed the work of making allotments of 80 acres of agricultural or 160 acres of grazing land to the Indian children on this reservation under the provisions of the act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 260). The act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 752), provides for the removal of the Modoc Indians in Oklahoma to the Klamath Reservation, Oreg., and the making of allotments to them there. This will delay the completion of the allotment work on the Klamath Reservation. Cheyenne River, S. Dak.-(See remarks on Standing Rock Reserva-tion, N. Dak.) Being one of the "Sioux reservations," allotments range from 80 acres of agricultural to 640 acres of grazing land. Under the provisions of the acts of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L., 8881, and March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1048), allotments have been made to some 1,764 Indians. Special Allotting Agent John D. Deets has completed the work of making allotnlents within that part of the reservation to be opened under the act of May 29,.1908 (25 Stst. L., 460). The commission to appraise the surplus lands, appointed by the President on May 24, 1909, has practically completed its work, and the surplus lands will be disposed of under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Pine Ridge, S. Dak.-Two thousand six hundred and four Indians on this reservation have had allotments of 80, 160, 320, or 640 acres o-f lan d under the provisions of the acts of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L., |