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Show Thanks to the readiness with which agents and superi~~tendents recogr~ize the force of these facts, as well as lo your own ready acqni. esceuce in my propos~tious in this matter, I, ?m able to report progress for the past year aud am encouraged to antlc~patcs tillgreater gain for the current year. Permit me to say in this connection that much gain mould come to the Indian schools if, in the selection of dress goods and clothing for the children, theIndian office could secure t,he service8 ofone or two matrons in the ~c l~osoelrv ice. Their experience would ellable them to select goodswllich iu pattern, cut, aud quality are better adapted to the needs of thechildren thau is the case now. Even waiving tlie fact that prob-ablv more durable aoods mould be selected. the small cost imnlied in t l ~ < t r : ~ r eeleil~e~;;s~c s and e~~tertnin~llnefn th ew c.mployees'ti,r the lmrpose in~livaretlw onld be more than 11io~1Ic I to~ t llc ( :o\ . e ru~~~illr ~~t the crenter s;~tisl'icticl1~~~h ielt1l ~cec x~dxr eleatetl n ~ ~ ~ uril\.tcl 10 the chil-clreu; and in the greater solicitude which they woul~ couseqnently bring to the care of their clothes. INDIAN SCHOOL EXPLOYEES. There has been a steady increase ill the Tiumber of Indian -school employees. Out of 1,301 s~%ooel ~nployeesonS eptember 15 last., 341, or u e~~r2l5v oer cent. were Iudians. Amouz this number tllere were 27 teac&rs, 2 i as s i s~a~ml ta trous, 48 cooks, 0 disciplinarians, 10 watch-men, 8 shoemakers, 15 bakers, 51 laundresses, 43 seamstresses, 13 car-aenters. 27 industrinl teachers: 4 tailors. 10 farmers. 2 nurses. (i ianitors. 5 enainbers, a firemen, 5 clerl;~, 5 teamkters, 4 blabl;s1uiths,'4 hborers; and 9 in miscellaneons positions. This ni~~ubedro es not i~~c lnd16e0 Indian assista~rtsa ud apprentices. This is a good showing both for the Indians a11r1 for the Department. In older to ellable the i>epar tme~t~o ts teadily illcrease this rln~nher norm:~l elasses for the trainiug of teachers 11ave been organizecl at Car-lisle, Hampton, Haskell, a ~ i dS anta F6. A business department llns been opeued a t Hasltell, and facilities tbr manual m ~ din cl~~stritaml in-in. a . are 1)eine strenethened and increased throuahont the service. TIte~ei. i I IO tl,~ubi't~:tlhto eniploymr~~ott' J.oO;~pa1 111 ennip.~r;~ri\.vly i ~ ~ e s l , r ~ i r ~11~1e1lrlta1l 1ina nuiny msrs el~alleujirst l~eeuerc~ise]o,:f~ tii*l~ce on the mart of sonerinte~ldentba: ud matro~ks.N evertheless. coi1111ai11ts I L I 'i'l~o*oc o~leerlledr eel11 to realize the filer tl~ntt ile c.tll~- cntiounl rei;po~~.cil~iloift yt llo SI~IIIIIIIlSo rrar~tll lc 111dia1d1ose 3 I I I , ~e l111 with t l~egr ;~dontoifn t~il~e l;~ttera, 11d t l~nt\\ it11i1I1i1 111t1s1 i.i i ~ ~ t r o d ~ i ~ t into n rorps c~fr rnl,nn<ible workers is ns serions :I duly I I ~tll'e scl~la;~ISl I 1 1 1 u t 1 :I l t r y t r i I ~I 1 1 . A s n i11:tttero f collrs,b, tile rcllo,tl l ~ ~ uIsI tO ~b e l ~ r r u ~ ~ttot es~~~l l l'cL.yr tllesv ~'ffortsto :~firnrli le ] .ou~~1g11 1liannp lmr tn~~i tflie~~r f~lsltl. I t 'e~~: l~lei l~;~Ht ieo 1l1~1.1 lsit. t'nli%e t11at 11e i* no longev :I ~ I I I ~1hI :Ilt, 1 1r h:iq 1 1 0 I I J I I ~ ~ :LI 'I I ~cI ni111I ITIOII the SCI I I I ~ IrI xeel~ti l l SO far its ilc corns sucll ~ I ; I ~ I IIII!, thirbful :1n11c ~llieie~~r for nothing. I u fact, L 11awl ately made the pair~fudl iscovery that in some locali-ties the en~ploymento f Indians in sc11ools has worked injury tllrongll a very 11;1turr11n eglect of local co~idi t io~on~ stl lc part of oflicialu lrllo. clc~tei.minct he nal;lries attaclle~lt o i~ositio~inT. hos i t has llappe~led that in some loa;~lities the schools pay for certaiu kinds of work cou. siderably more than similar work commands amollg the white settlers |