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SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF FREEDMEN, AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU,
in the ^[[Central District]] of ^[[North Carolina-]] , [[strikethrough]] Commanded by [[/strikethrough]] ^[[In charge of]] ^[[Lieut. Col. Dexter E. Clapp 38th U. S. C. T. and Supt]] .

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| 1 DATE. | 2 STATION. | 3 OFFICER IN CHARGE. | 4 No. of Men. | 5 No. of Women. | 6 No. of Children. | 7 Aggregate. | 8 Aggregate last report. | 9 GAIN. By Birth. | 10 GAIN. Received. | 11 LOSS. Discharged. | 12 LOSS. By Death. | 13 TOTAL GAIN. | 14 TOTAL LOSS. | 15 Total No. of Rations issued. | 16 No. of persons for whom Contracts have been made since last report. | 17 Average rate of wages since last report - as per Contract. Males. | 18 Average rate of wages since last report - as per Contract. FemaleS. | 19 Average prices for which Contracts are made. | 20 No. of Farms (Abandoned Lands,) worked by Freedmen. | 21 Aggregate No. of Acres. | 22 No. of Town Lots in possession of Bureau. | 23 Aggregate rents received per month or as per Contract, for Lots or Buildings. | 24 REMARKS. (SEE NOTES 1 AND 2.) |
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| January 14th 1866 | Sub Dist Raleigh | Cap't. Geo. C. Almy | 79 | 107 | 92 | 278 | 244 |   | 43 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 3206 |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2 |   | Lieutenant Penniman reports "On the 1st of January about (10,000) Ten thousand Freedmen collected at Halifax and although the largest gathering of this class of people ever witnessed in this section of the State not one of them became intoxicated."

Captain Richards reports that There are now very few unemployed Freedmen in Edgecombe. County. This is generally the case throughout the District.

The mustering out of the services of the 120th Ind. Vols. has deprived this District of five officers and leaves six Counties without an officer of the Bureau.

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Goldsboro' | Chaplain Geo. O. Glavis | 39 | 160 | 97 | 296 | 72 |   | 224 |   |   | 224 |   | 1362 |   |   |   |   |   |   | 1 |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Pittsboro' | No officer. |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Orange. | Lieut. W. F. Crockett. |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Warren. | Capt. Benj Evans. |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Granville | No officer. |   |   |   |   | 5 |   |      | 5 |   |   | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Weldon | Lieut Geo. H Penniman |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Tarboro' | Lieut W. F. Cox. |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Johnston. | No officer |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 | " " [[dittos for Sub Dist]] Roxboro.' | Bowie (citizen agt.) |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

| January 14th 1866 |   |   | 118 | 267 | 189 | 574 | 321 |   | 267 | 9 | 5 | 267 | 14 | 4568 |   |   |   |   |   |   | 3 |   | [[see column 24 above]] |

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Headquarters ^[[Bureau Refugees Freedman & A. L.]],
^[[Central District North Carolina]],
^[[January 14th]], 186^[[6]].

^[[Geo. C. Almy Capt. U. S. Vols. and Actg. Supt. Central District]]
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NOTE I. - In the Column of Remarks, give all facts of interest or importance in relation to the Freedmen, and the practical workings of the Bureau, particularly in relation to the Contract System, whether there is an increasing desire on the part of Freedmen to obtain work, or the contrary, temper of the people in reference to Freedmen, &c., &c.

NOTE II. - This report will be made by District Commanders on the 14th and 28th of each month, from the last report of Stations received at that date.  It will be sent from each Station or Freedmen's Camp by the officer in charge thereof, in season for the District Report to be made out as directed above.  The Column of Remarks, in addition to the remarks of the Officer in Charge of Station, will contain any suggestions or remarks of the District Commander. 
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