| Number of Indians in U. S. about | 278,000 |
| Wear citizens’ dress | 112,903 |
| Houses built last year | 1,103 |
| Money expended for education | $337,379 |
| Indians who can read | 40,397 |
| Learned to read last year | 1,206 |
| Church buildings on reservations | 207 |
| Indians, Church members, about | 28,000 |
| Male Indians engaged in labor | 34,632 |
| (Five tribes in the Indian Territory are not included in thesefigures.) | |
THE CHINESE.
“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”
Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.
President: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. Vice-Presidents: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.
Directors: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq.
Secretary: Rev. W. C. Pond. Treasurer: E. Palache, Esq.