After the regular school hours, the girls are taught sewing of all kinds; cutting, making and trimming dresses, repairing garments; darning, knitting and use of sewing machine; also all kinds of housework, cooking, and the work of the dairy. After service in the evening, instructions are given in music, instrumental and vocal, in which both boys and girls take an unusual interest and show a marked improvement during the year. Mr. Tuckey, the present principal, assumed the duties of his office May 1st, and has been untiring in his exertions to advance the pupils in their studies, and, for the short time which he has been with them, appears to have been very successful. The two female assistants having had two years’ experience here, and been deeply interested in their pupils, have proved very valuable and successful teachers, and have the confidence and respect of the parents. The time of the matron is fully occupied from six A. M. to nine P. M., in looking after and providing for the numerous wants of the pupils, and in this difficult and laborious work has proved to be very efficient. The Good Will Mission Boarding and Day-School is situated one and three quarter miles from the agency; the children are rationed and supplied in part with clothing from the warehouse, but the other expenses--salaries, etc--are borne by the A. B. C. F. M. This school has accommodated as many as thirty-two scholars, part of them boarding at houses in the vicinity. The day-school, situated at Ascension, about six miles from the agency, had, some months, thirty scholars; they live in the vicinity of the school-house, and are quite regular in attendance. In addition to these three schools, two others were opened, and reading, writing and arithmetic in Dakota were taught by Indian teachers, during two months in the spring, with an average daily attendance of eighteen scholars each. These schools were opened at the earnest request of several of the leading men in their vicinity, in the form of a petition to the agent. These parents seemed in earnest in their efforts to have the schools opened, and showed a continued interest in them by frequent visits during the time they were in operation. The estimated number of children of school-going age on this reserve is three hundred, and we have two brick school-houses, built in 1873, at an estimated cost of $600 each--one situated about one and a half miles south of the agency, and the other at the Mayasan, twenty miles distant; both are provided with improved seats, tables, etc., and will accommodate forty scholars each; neither of them has been used, for school purposes to any extent since they were built, but allowed to remain unoccupied. * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1878. * * * * * MAINE, $169.24.