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4 Somewhat larger. The school population is 6840, and the number of pupils actually in school the last year including those drawn to Albuquerque and Grand Junction was only 786 - and this number is not far from the measure of the total capacity of school accommodations for the Indians of Arizona.” At this moment there are 110 pupils in our school of whom 80 are Mojaves, 19 are Hualapais, 10 Chimchuevis and 1 Piute. Every bed is full, clothing all is use and I have refused admittance to a number of Mojaves and Hualapais partly because of lack of room and clothing but more especially because I was afraid our appropriation of $20000 would not allow of taking any more. If I had $800000 I would expend it as follows: First - I would build one new boys dormitory, capacity,