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Show I REPORT OF THE CoMMtssIoNER OF tNDuN mpms. 29 i . This supervision' of the wofk in the, field will not only make for i greater administrative efliciqncy, but the improvements introdncad ! will also reduce the cost of the work. The ,status of the work in field may be briefly summed up as fol-lows : Mopui, Brie.-The act of March 1,1907 (34 Stat., 1021), provides for allotment in such areas as the Secretary of the Interior might determine. On February 26, 1909, the department authorized allot-ments pf 40 acres of agricultural and 320 acres of grazing land to each Indian on this reservation. Special Allotting Agent Matthew M. Murphy has, thus far, made tentative allotments to 2,630 Indians, covering 893,957 acres, at a cost of $29,072.01, the approximate cost per allotment being $11.05. It is estimated that there are 1,600 In- . dians yet to be allotted. ! Navajo eatension, Akaona and New Memico.-Special Allotting Agent Joseph G. Kent has been engaged during.the past year in ! making allotments within that part of the extension to the Navajo . Reservation created by executive orders of November 9,'1907, and I January 28, 1908, lying within New Mexico. Mr. Rent practically . I completed the allotment work within that part of the extension in ! New Mexico in May, 1910, and a.s soon as the allotments made by him ta these Indians are approved, the surplus nnallotted lands will be restored to the public domain as required by the act of May 29, 1908 (35 Stat., 457). Allotments within that part of the extension in Arizona have not been completed owing to the fact that all of the lands lying therein have not been surveyed by the General L%nd (Mice. It is expected that this work and the allotment work will be completed during the present fiscal year. Roud Valley, Cd.-During the past year Special Allotting Agent Horace J. Johnson completed the. work of allotting the lands re- ~ervedfo r tribal purposes for the Round Valley Indians, under the provisions of the act of October 1,1890 (26 Stat., 658). Allotments of approximately 50 acres each were made to 614 Indiuns, covering in the aggregate some 36,692.23 acres. White Earth, Minm.--On December 20,1909, a supplemental sched-ule of original allotments to 214 .Indians on this reservation were approved by the department, and on the same date a schedule of 271 additional allotments were approved. The original allotments com-prise 21,301.82 acres, and the additional allotments cover 16,812.84 ! acres. The original allotments were made under- the act of January ! . 14,1889 (25 Stat., 642) ; the additional allotments being made under I the provisions of the act of April 28,1904 (33 Stat., 539). It is be-lieved that the allotment work on this reservation will be completed during the present fiscal year, and when finished there will be but |