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Show I 26 BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIOITEB OW INDIAN DBAIRS. as he may prescribe to sell the mature living timber, as well as dead and down timber, on the unallotted lands of any Indian reservation, except those within the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and upon allotnlents of Indians held under trust or other patents containing restrictions upon alienation. This general provision, however, will not supersede antecedent special acts in conflict therewith. Hereto-fore the office has had general authority to sell for the Indians dead and down timber only, except where timber was cut from Indian allotments for the purpose of clearing the land for agricultural use. Under the new law the forest work on Indian reservations can ultimately be made self-supporting and ample funds obtained to develop the forests to their greatest productivity. The principal logging operations upon Indian reservations during the past year were as follows: Bad River Resewation.-Ten new contracts were entered into with the J. S. Steams Lumber Company, authorized contractors, by allot-tees of this reservation; 62,407,735 feet of timber were cut from allotted lands, and 23,520,735 feet from unallotted lands, a total of 85,928,470 feet, valued at $607,060.52. 7 Lac Court6 Oreilk Reservation.-Thirty-two contracts were ap-proved with Signor, Crisler & Co., the authorized contractors, by al-lottees of this reservation; 7,331,875 feet of timber were cut during the year, valued at $29,484.57. The following is a statement of the funds derived from the sale of timber, on June 30, 1910: Balance due from contractor, I909- --------.-..--$3-,16-3.-20- -------------- Accrued from sale of timber, 1910 ................................. 22,484.57 mbl------------------------------.-.-------------.------2 5,f?47.77 Deposited in bank to credit of individual Indians- --------20-,9.74..7-3 --.--. Balance due from contractor, June 30,1910- --------.-4,-73-3.0-4 ---------- Fond du Lac Reservation.-Martin Brothers, the o5cial con-tractors on the Fond du Lac Reservation, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transferred their contracts to William O'Brien. One hundred and eighty-four contracts were made with the Indians of this reservation during the year. There were 9,063,640 feet of timber cut and removed, valued at $92,649.85. Leech Lake Reservation.-One new contract for sale of timber was made during the year, 21 contracts were completed. Collections were made during the year for 5 timber trespasses. There is now pending a settlement with the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company for timber cut on their right-of-way through 17 Indian allotments. Thrre were 2,298,460 feet of timber, 121 cords of mixed wood, 152 cords of Jack pine, 1,277 cedar poles cut during the year. The sum of $12,203.74 was collected and deposited to the credit of the indi-vidual Indians. The total amount of proceeds from sale of timber on |