were appointed:

Committee on the Chinese.--Rev. S. Gilbert, D.D., of Illinois; Rev.
M.M.G. Dana. D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Geo. A. Tewksbury, of
Massachusetts; Rev. F.L. Ferguson, of Connecticut; Rev. R.W. Wallace,
of Massachusetts.

Committee on the Indians.--S.B. Capen, Esq., of Massachusetts; Rev.
A.P. Foster, D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. John L. Ewell, of
Massachusetts, Rev. John E. Tuttle, of Massachusetts.

Committee on Educational Work.--Rev. Llewellyn Pratt, D.D., of
Connecticut; Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, D.D., of Ohio; Rev. George E.
Hall, of New Hampshire; H.D. Smith, Esq., of Connecticut; Stephen
Ballard, Esq., of New York.

A Memorial Service for Rev. James Powell, D.D., late Secretary of the
Association, was held. Addresses were made by Rev. Simeon Gilbert,
D.D., of Illinois, Rev. Geo. H. Ide, D.D., of Wisconsin; Secretary M.E.
Strieby, D.D., and President Wm. M. Taylor, D.D. Rev. A.P. Foster,
D.D., of Massachusetts, led in prayer.

The report of the Committee on Chinese Work, Rev. Simeon Gilbert, D.D.,
Chairman, was presented, and an address was delivered by Rev. M. McG.
Dana, D.D., of Massachusetts.

An address on "The relations of the A.M.A. to Young People," was
delivered by Rev. J.L. Hill, of Massachusetts.

Recess was taken to 2 P.M.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The Association was called to order at 2 P.M. by the President. Rev. P.W.
Lyman, of Massachusetts, offered prayer.

A Paper on "Systematic Spending," was read by District Secretary C.J.
Ryder.

A report and address on the Indian Work, were made by S.B. Capen, Esq.,
of Massachusetts. Addresses were also made by Rev. A.P. Foster, D.D., of
Massachusetts, and by Rev. C.W. Shelton, Financial Secretary for Indian
Missions.

The Nominating Committee nominated the following special committees, who
were appointed:

Committee on Mountain Work.--Rev. G.S. Burroughs, D.D., of
Massachusetts; Rev. C.B. Riggs, of Tennessee; J.R. Gilmore, Esq., of
Connecticut; Rev. Morton Dexter, of Massachusetts; Chas. Coffin, Esq.,
of Massachusetts.

Committee on Church Work.--Rev. David Gregg, D.D., of Massachusetts,
Rev, Stephen M. Newman, D.D., of the District of Columbia; Rev. Wm.
Hayes Ward, D.D., of New Jersey; Frank Wood, Esq., of Massachusetts;
R.L. Day, Esq., of Ohio.

The Committee on Educational Work reported, and addresses were
delivered in connection with the report, by the Chairman, Rev.
Llewellyn Pratt, D.D., of Connecticut, and by Re