Ninth Month at Roaring Creek, Tenth and Eleventh Months at Catawissa, and Twelfth Month at Shamokin. Answer to Second Annual Query. There are 41 Schools reported in eight Quarterly Meetings, under the care of committees appointed in the Monthly and Preparative Meetings. Nearly all of these are taught by members of our Society, and the pupils mostly attend Mid-week Meetings with their teachers. The minutes of the Representative Committee were read, and their proceedings approved.* By direction of this Meeting last year, the Representative Committee forwarded to the Subordinate Meetings the following Queries, with a view of ascertaining the number of children belonging to the Society within our limits, and the number of such as attend Schools under the care of Monthly and Preparative Meetings. Answers have been received from our constituent branches, excepting from the Monthly Meetings of Burlington to queries 2 to 12 inclusive, and from Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting to queries 5 to 12 inclusive, both of which Monthly Meetings are branches of Burlington Quarterly Meeting, as follows: * This Committee meets on 6th day after 2d second day in the 3d, 9th, and 12th Month, at 10A.M., and on 2d and 5th day evenings of Yearly Meeting week, at 7 o'clock at Race Street Meeting-house. First Query.-How many schools are there established for the education of our youth, under the care of teachers in membership with us, and superintended by committees appointed in the Monthly or Preparative Meetings; and, do the pupils and teachers attend our midweek meetings? Second.-How many pupils attend these schools? Sixth.-How many minor children are there having one parent a member of your Meeting? How many boys? How many girls? Seventh.-How many of the members are between five and sixteen years of age?. Eighth.-How many, where one parent is a member, are between five and sixteen years of age? Ninth.-How many members attend other schools taught by Tenth.-How many where one parent is a member attend other schools taught by members?. Eleventh.-How many members attend other schools not taught by members? Twelfth.--How many, where one parent is a member, attend other schools not taught by members? Thirteenth.-How many schools are there under the care of teachers not in membership with us, and superintended by committees appointed in the Monthly or Preparative Meetings; and, do the teachers and pupils attend our midweek meetings? *Concord, to First Query, states: "Two schools and one division of another;" one report is silent as to attendance; in the others both attend. To Thirteenth One school in which the Principal professes with us, assisted by three in membership; one division of another taught by a professor with us; pupils and teachers attend. Western, to First Query, states: One, and one public school taught both gener 194 by a member, superintended by a committee of the Monthly Meeting; ally attend. Southern, to Thirteenth Query: For colored children at Camden; they do not attend. Total. To First and Thirteenth Queries: The specific additions and exceptions are given above. By reports from our Quarterly Meetings and the Half-Year's Meeting at Fishing Creek, it appears the following Friends have been appointed members of the Representative Committee for the ensuing year: Jacob Paxson. Jesse Webster, Norris Maris. Elias Hicks, George Thompson. James Dixon, Henry Cowgill. John H. Hilman, Barclay White. Samuel R. Lippincott, Perry John, Caleb Clothier. Thirteenth of the month and sixth of the week. From the reports of our constituent Meetings it ap pears that correspondents have been appointed from their respective Meetings. The following report was read and the labors of the Committee approved. It is continued and encouraged to give further attention to the object of its appointment as way may open therefor. To the Yearly Meeting. The Joint Committee on Indian affairs, appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, report: That they met on Fifth Month, 14th, 1869, and proceeded to organize under their minute of appointment, there being present 37 members, and absent 8. For the absence of several, satisfactory reasons were assigned. Jacob M. Ellis was appointed Clerk. An Executive Committee of four of each sex was appointed (to which the Clerk was added) whose duties were thus defined: "To receive all communications and documents addressed to this body; to have a general supervision of the interests of the concern, and to call Special Meetings of this Committee, when occasion may require." "Also to settle all bills approved by this Committee, by drawing orders on the Treasurer of the Yearly Meeting for expenses thus incurred." No other business claiming attention, after a full and |