Through the aid of ministers and others to whom I have been referred by the superintendents I hope to make this report complete in the following respects: The more exact limits of the settlement; the numbers of those foreign-born; the province as well as land from which they came; the number of churches; the number of schools and the length of time the same are conducted. I solicit the co-operation of everyone interested in this work, and also in the whole subject of dialect study. As intimated above, interested observers can without especial training do a service to science and at the same time find a fascinating pastime for themselves by making collections of words and constructions which they believe to be unusual or new. If any such are sent to the writer they will be duly acknowledged. They should in every case be accompanied by a statement of the age, condition and birth-place of the person using them. I wish here to call attention to the work of the American Dialect Society which exists to promote this study. It desires as wide a membership as possible, and membership is open to all interested in the subject. The publication of the Society, Dialect Notes, contains reports of word-lists and other studies, and will be an aid to any who wish to undertake similar work. Subscriptions and membership fees should be sent to Mr. C. H. Grandgent, Treas., Cambridge, Mass. REPORTS BY COUNTIES. ATCHISON.—Reports no foreigners, by John Klopfenstein, Supt. ALLEN.—Swedes and Danes, from 600 to 700, settled from 1873 to 1880. Have church service, and four to five months school in Swedish. Grove and Elsmore townships. Germans in and around Humboldt. ANDERSON.—Irish in Reeder township, 1860 and 1874. Germans, 1860 in Putman township, 1880 in Westphalia township. Have both church and schools in German. BARBER.—Reports “no foreigners worth making account of”, by J. O. Hahn, Sup’t. BARTON.—No report. BOURBON.—Reports no foreigners. BROWN.—No report. BUTLER.—Germans (Prussians), speaking Low German, in Fairmount and Milton townships. Hold church services but no schools in German. CHASE.—Russian Mennonites, speaking both Russian and German, in Diamond Creek township, no church, but a portion of schooling in German. Germans at Strong City, with both church and schools in their native tongue. CHATAUQUA.—Some Norwegians and Swedes, 1870, no location given. Neither schools nor churches in native tongue. One colony of ‘Russians’ (Mennonites?), who have also given up their language.