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 these figures.) * * * * * 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. * * * * * ADDRESS BY FUNG AFFOO. The following address was delivered at the last Annual Meeting of the California Chinese Mission by Mr. Fung Affoo, one of our missionary helpers. It was listened to with much interest, and at my request, Affoo has furnished it for publication in the MISSIONARY. W. C. POND. “CHRISTIAN FRIENDS: I was asked to make an address here this evening, but I have not much to say. I do not know your language well enough. I have only a few words to say about the Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association, of which I have been a member about three years. This Association was organized not quite four years ago. There are other Chinese Christian Societies besides this one, in San Francisco and elsewhere in this State. This Association has now a membership of 131; about three-fourths of the members were gathered in during the last two years. It has given us great encouragement, seeing that the work of this Association has been thus far so successful through the help of God. But I am afraid that some people would say that, while so much has been done for the cause of Christianizing Chinese, only so little of the work has been accomplished in return. But if they really knew the difficulties and temptations in the way of our people becoming Christians, they would say otherwise.