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stions 1920, ,247; oxpehdauresi5. .s70..
6s4; there having been some cuFtAHment
Of expenses by reason Of = falling of in
The revenue. For the fiscal year endirgI
June so. 1889, TIE estimates were IA
6i6.298; appropriations l4,50S, ,S54; these
having been lsrgely relrenehsd, in conse.
quence sf adiminHlion of the revenue, aud
again increased by spprOpristing .2o0,>
900 for eight light drsught war steamers,
which we're no. embraced 10 the estimates
For the fiscal scar ending Jupe 80, 1860,
The estimates were 10 .5Oo, $40, including
6T4.00O for completing The eight light
dTaught steamers, authorized at the last
session OF Congress, and not including the
usual compensation Of 935. $50 for steam
ship and mail service.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER on ISDIAS
AFFAIRS.
The Commissioner states that the whole
number OF Indians within our limits is es.
timatsd at about $50, 900. The whole
number of tribes and separate hands il
l75, with AZ Of which we have a treaty
engagement.
The number Of ratified indian treaties,
since the adoption Of the Constitution is
393, nearly all Of which contain provisions
Low in force. The quantity OF land &C.
quired by those treaties is about 5sl, ,f6j,.
iss acres. The entire cost of fulfilling
! these treaties will be 49,816,344.
From part of these lands tue Govern
ment received no pecuniary advantages,
because they were ceded to the respective
States within whose limits they are situa-
ted. From these sold, the Federal Treas,
ury received not only the whole of the
expense incurred for the acquisition, survey
and sale, but supIus Of at least 100000
900.
! The amount applicable for the fulfill.
ment Of the treaties, and other objects
connected with the Indian policy for the
present fiscal year was 1882, 407, Of
which sum 204,662 was derived from in
vestments Of trust funds.
The whole amount Of trust funds held
: on Indian accounts is 10, 590,649, of which
/, 3.5oo ,241 hes been invested 10 stocks Of
various States and the United States; the
remainder, viz: 7,0sS,407 is retained in
the Treasury, and the interest thereon an,
: nuaily appropriated by Congress.
. The Commissioner thinks it worthy o.
. consideration whether ii will not be advi,
sable, when the national treasury shall bt
!. in condition to admit Of it, also to invest
: the above aIpount of 7,0Ss,407 in like
! manner With the other Indian trust funds,
: The Commissioner points out three fatal
errors which have markell our policy to-
|. ward the Indians, from the very beginning,
viz: l. Their removal from place to place
Z, as our population advances; 2. Tie assign
: ment Of too great an extent Of territory tC
. DO held by them in common; and, 3. The
allowance OF large sums of money as annu.
u tiles. lie recommends that the tribes
should be permanently located upon res
ervatiOns embracing not more than is ne.
cessary for actual occupancy; to divide the
land among shem in severalty; to require
. that they should settle upon aud cultivate
the land thus assigned; to give them. il
lieu Of money annuites, stock, animals, ag'
= ricultural implements, mechanic shops
manual labor schools, &c.
. He recommends the ratification Of treat
o les made in 1855 with the Indians o
J Washington and Oregon Territories, as
- means Of preventing the recurrence Of hos
tilltles He gives general statement o
J the condition of the Indians, and calls at
l. lention to the urgent necessity for a com
% plete and thorough revision Of the law
D. relating to Indian affairs.
I Gov. Denver, though not having time
% aimee the resumption of bis duties. to sx
D, anime closely tho facts stated 10 the report
d concurs generally in the recommendation
l. Of Mr.. Mix, his temporary predecessor.
), there shall be further and larger demanl
q ior expenditures in suppressiug other In
rs dian hostilities, additional to those alreld
Of incurred IN Washington, New Mexico an
y Texas, there will be No Necessity for ask
ps ing appropriations in the shape Of a def
VI cheney bill.
REPORT OF TEE SECRETARY OF THE Nav
10 The Secretary Of the Navy ears :hs
"a since his last annual report the naval force
he have been required in resisting unldWfr
&c expeditions against Nicaragua, resstin
s. the exercise OF the tight OF search by Br
or tsh cruisers in The neighborhood of Cubs
e. and enforcing demands for redress for ii
e. sul's to our flag, and for insults TO our Gil
a. izens, by the Government of Paraguay
us After examining this subject, the Secrets
ry SAYS it became necessary to charter
10 number Of vessels. As these vessels woul
Is be useful, he recommends their purchase
as The sum required for six Of these steam
~ ers would be S24l, 900, Of which 80
800 must be paid for the use Of them {,
~ period Of six months, and proportion
ed ate sum for a longer time, il no pUrchA
y be made. The sum required for the thr
ID side>wheel STEAMERS would be $4,000
~ of which, il they be not purchased, Il
u sum Of 100000 Sill be required for Il
same period. The recent addition Of
o considerable number oiateam vessels to Il
h1 navy will necessarily require an increase
les demand for the services of officers at Sc
m while the greater activity which now pr
IS, walls in it, and is likely hereafter to preva
will still furhet increase tha. demand
pt. To meet the immediate wants Of the sc
nst vice, an addition of twenty to the preset
N, number Of surgeons, and as many add
cal tionaI assistant surgeons will suffice. |
~ also recommends the appointment OF {
nat teen or twenty additional purseTs, and