The following amendments were adopted: In Art. vi. the words, “Recording Secretary,” and “of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio members,” are omitted; and after “Secretaries” the words, “who shall also keep the records of the Association,” are inserted. In Art. vii. after “dismissing,” the parenthesis is omitted. Article viii. is omitted, and Arts. ix. and x. are respectively numbered viii. and ix. The consideration of Arts. iii. and v. were referred to a special committee of thirteen, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, chairman, to report at next Annual Meeting. A letter from Hon. E. S. Tobey, President, declining re-election on account of the pressure of other duties, was read, and resolutions of thanks for his faithful services were unanimously adopted by a rising vote. The Nominating Committee recommended Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, of Greenfield, Mass., for President, and presented a list of other officers, who were duly elected. On motion of Rev. C. T. Collins, it was voted to memorialize Congress for immediate and increased appropriations for education at the South. The report of the Committee on Chinese Missions was read by Rev. A. E. P. Perkins, D.D., of Ware. A paper on the subject was read by Miss Harriette Carter, of Mt. Vernon Church, Boston, where more than one hundred Chinamen have had Bible instruction, and addresses were made by Rev. Lysander Dickerman, of California, and by Rev. C. H. Pope, of Machias, Me. Rev. G. W. Harding read the report of the Committee on African work, and addresses were made by himself, by Col. H. G. Prout, late in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, and by Rev. Geo. S. Dickerman, of Lewiston, Me. Thursday afternoon. On “Woman’s Work for Woman,” papers were read by Miss M. L. Sawyer, of Boxford, and Miss E. B. Emery, of Gorham, Me., and addresses delivered by Mrs. A. K. Spence, of Nashville, Tennessee; by Rev. E. N. Packard, of Dorchester; Rev. A. H. Plumb, of Boston, and Rev. E. S. Atwood, of Salem. The report of the Finance Committee, in the absence of Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, chairman, was read by Rev. E. S. Atwood, and asked for $300,000 for the ensuing year. Addresses were made by Rev. Geo. F. Stanton, of Weymouth, and Secretary Strieby. District Secretary Woodworth made a statement of Mr. Gregory’s recent gifts, amounting to $15,000. Rev. A. H. Plumb, in a happy little speech, announced $2,000 from an unknown donor, which he passed to the Treasurer in a sealed envelope. Of the amount, $500 was for Berea College and $500 for Hampton Institute.