—John P. Howard, of Burlington, has given $50,000 to the University of Vermont—the largest individual gift ever made to the institution. —The Hon. Robert H. Pruyn, of Albany, N.Y., has offered to give $100,000 toward the general endowment of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., provided the remaining trustees contribute $400,000. —Dr. Hoffman, Dean of the Faculty of the General Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary of New York, with his family, has given $75,000 toward the endowment of that institution. —Mr. John R. Buchtel, of Acton, Ohio, has added $75,000 to his gifts to the Buchtel College, making the entire amount about $200,000. —Mr. Wharton has given $100,000 to the Wharton School of Finance and Economy in connection with the University of Pennsylvania. —A benevolent lady has given $3,000 to Lincoln University for the erection of a tabernacle for the accommodation of visitors on anniversary occasions. —A lady, who does not wish her name published, has just given $100,000 to Princeton Theological Seminary. —Winthrop Hillyer, of Northampton, has given $35,000 to Smith College for an art building. —_Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has Jubilee Hall completed and over-flowing with students, and is now erecting Livingstone Missionary Hall, by the gift of Mrs. Stone; but endowments are the great necessity. Twenty-five thousand dollars will provide for a professorship, and there are seven such needing endowment._ * * * * * CHINESE NOTES. —Chicago has fourteen naturalized Chinamen. —Dr. Chalmers reports that the native church in Hong Kong has increased in numbers from 83 to 216 during the decade, although, during the same period, no fewer than 77 members have removed to other parts of China, or have gone abroad. —The girl’s school in Shanghai, under the auspices of the London Missionary Society, numbers 100 scholars. A female missionary is employed at this point, who devotes her time to work among the women. Two ladies are also employed with marked success in the same branch of work at Hong Kong. —A Consul of the English Government in China, writing from Chefoo, says: “A great change has come over all classes in regard to Christianity; it has made vast strides in the land, in spite of the fewness of the missionaries; and whether we are inclined to rejoice in or deplore the fact, the spread of Christianity is inevitable.”