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Show the reservations. The majority are supported by special appropria-tions made by Congress, and are adapted to the teaching of trades, etc., in a more extended degree than are schools on the reservations. The largest of these schools is situated at Carlisle, Pa., where there are accommodations for 1,000 pupils; the next largest is at Phoenix, Ariz., with a capacity for 700; the third, at Lawrence, Kans., and known as Haskell Institute, accommodating 600 pupils. These three large schools are types of their class, and are not restricted in territory as to collec-tion of pupils. Chemawa school, near Salem, Oreg., and Chilocco school, near Arkansas City, Okla., are types of the medium-sized schools, and each has a capacity of 400 pupils. The remainder of the schools are of less capacity and have not been developed so highly. There are altogether 25 of these schools, distributed as shown in the following table: TAELE5. -Localion., mpacily, attendance, do, of nonreservatian s~.hook durirq fiscal year ended June SO, 1900. Location of mhwl. / Date' "of" o pen-I DI"oY,eEB.I $ I / Enroli- I Aver* I I I lmduding those receiving $240 and lem pper nnnum. P1.m vith outing system. ' 8Pre~iouUy& Contract school. Carrying out the statement made in the last annual report that "the present number of nonreservation schools is sufficient to meet all the requirements of the service," no more have been established or con-templated, but those already in existence have been either enlarged or improved and their facilities increased. RESERVATION BOARDING SCHOOLS. There are 81 boarding schools located on the different reservations, an increase of 5 over last year. At these institutions the same gen- |