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SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF FREEDMEN, AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU,
in the [[blank line]] of [[blank line]], Commanded by [[blank line]]. 

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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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Orders have already been issued to send the freedmen on Roanoke Island who are able to work, onto the mainland, and arrangements are being made to reduce the camp there which must necessarily be a dependence upon the government and a poor school for a people who must labor for their support. The town lots and farms mentioned in this District are held as offices for officers of the Bureau & camps for freedmen. No revenue is derived from them. This remark will also apply to the town lots & farms reported in the Southern District.
The increase is caused by an error in the last report of Capt Foster Asst. Supt. Sub Dist of Wilmington who returned an aggregate of [?] instead of 275.
Three cases of violence reported in this District. The culprit in one case has fled the county. The 2nd case the criminal is too ill for arrest. the 3 where a white woman was beaten by a colored woman. the offender is bound in the [?] of $300 to appear before the Superior Court for trial. 
Small pox exists in Greensboro to an extent that interupts the contract system. 
200 rations have been issued to white women who would otherwise have starved or been compelled to steal a livlihood. The temper of the whites seems to be setting into a determination to treat the freedmen fairly, but not so much as might be desired. They endeavor to impress upon the blacks that they are an inferior race, and that they must be so kept by law.