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Show I 24 BEPOIlT OF THE COSKMIBSIONEB OF INDIAB AFFAIRS. S'm Juan project.-On the construction of the Hogback Canal $20,124.10 was expended, which, when completed, will irrigate ap-proximately 3,900 acres. Zuni Reservation.-Dug the year the sum of $45,994.51 was ex-pended for maintenance, construction, and repairs to the damaged dam, of which $17,999.22 was paid for Indian labor and teams I Uintah project.-The cost of the Uintah project for the year was $143,991.86, out of which $16,359.57 was paid for Indian labor and teams. It is estimated that 86,000 acres can be irrigated by the project as constructed. Approximately 11,000 acres of the Indian lands are now being irrigated. Yakima Reservation (irrigation) .-The sum of $22,853.13 is the aggregate of the distributed costs on this reservation for the year, of which $6,691.71 was paid to the Indinns for labor and teams. The total area of irrigated lands is 37,483 acres. Ydima Reservation (drainage).-Several thousands of acres of land are being ruined by the rise of the water plane, due to the irri-gation of the lands above, and a drainage project is being inaugu-rated for the protection of this land. During the year $1,425.87 was expended on surveys for the various drains. Wind rive^ Reservation.-The chief work on this reservation has been the enlargement and extension of the old canal, and the construc-tion of 75 concrete and timber structures at a total &st of $82,520.76, of which the Indians were paid $35,401.33 for labor and teams. It is estimated that 48,699 acres are irrigated by this system. ' I SKISCELLANEOUS. During the past year investigations and reports were made on the following projects: Sherman Institute, Capitan Grande, Mesa Grande, San Pasqual Valley, Pala, La Jolla, Campo, and Morongo reservations, in California; Gila Bend, Colorado River, and Navajo reservations,in Arizona; Zuni and San Juan, in New Mexico; South-ern Ute, in Colorado; Pine Ridge, S. Dak.; and Pyramid Lake, Walker River, and Moapa, in Nevada. I FORESTRY. I The timber holdings of the Indians are of great value, having been estimated at thirty-six and one-half billion feet (board meas-ure), with-a value of $73,000,000. Approximately five and one-half |