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Show most respects to the tribes in Washington Territory, immediately north of them. They are poor, degraded, and dehaoched. The superintendent estimates them at 1,200 in number, and thinks that the sum of $2,000 could be well expended in placing them upon aresel-vation, and trying to do something for their benefit. In regard to education, the remarks of previous reports are repeated in favor oE encouraging manual labor schools, as the only ones which promise any per-manent giod to the Indians; the children who attend the day schools, and re-turn to their families in the interval, losing nearly all the benefits of the in-struction given them. There are five schools in the superintendency, one each upon the Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Siletz reservations, and two at Grand Ronde. That at Siletz and one of those upon the Grand Ronde reservation are manual labor schools, and, under faithful and competent teachers, are doing good. The Uma-tilla school has latterly been placed under charge of a Catholic missionary teacher, and promises well ; the Indians, who have in past yem been under the influence of missionaries of that denomination, receivine the teachers with great pleasure. A good manual labor school at this point ionld doubtless meet with abundant success. CALIFORNIA. The annual reports of Superintendent Maltby, and of most of the agents in charge of reservations in that State, are received, and pmsent a very full view of matters relating to the Indian service during the past year. Various iuter-mting suggestions and recommendations will be found in these reports. The reservations at present recognized in California are Round Valley, in the northeast; Hoopa Valley, in the northwest; Smith River, south of the latter, and near the coast; and Tule River, in the interior, in the southern part of the State. The act of Congress for reorgani$ing the Indian service in this State author-izes four reservations and agents, but only three have been appointed under regular commissions, to wit, those having charge at Smith river, Hoopa val. ley, and Round valley. Movements have been made by the California delega-tion in Congress to effect a consolidatio.n of some of these agencies, and the policy heretofore pursued at Smith liver and Tule river, of leasing lands of prlvate parties for reservations, has received some attention. A careful report from this office, upon the subject of the California reservations, was made dur-ing the present year, and is placed among the accompanying documents for con-venience of reference. While it is certain that the practice of leasing private lands is one which ~houldn ot be followed, it is not so clear that the service can well be carried on with leas than four reservations, while there have been cogebt reasons pre-sented for a fifth. Round valley appears to have the preference of the delega-tion for the northernmost reserve. The government has just paid a large sum for securing title to the improvements of settlers iu Hoopa valley, but if it shall be determined to concentrate the Indians in Round valley, the lands and improvements would doubtless sell for much more than the amount expended. The Smith River agency co~ild,p erhaps, with advantage, be consolidated with me of the above-named agencies. This office has recommended that the Tule River agency be made permanent, and that lands adjoining the present leased farm he set apart by government for the purpose. Some arrangement in behalf of the Mission Indians in the extreme south, near the coast, will be found necessary, and can be effected at small cost, as the Indians of that region are somewhat advanced in civilization and abundantly able and willing to provide their own subsistence if they can be secured in the occupancy of sufficient land, and he assisted occasionally by |