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for the month of May, it will be seen that the total amount due, and remaining unpaid at this office is $1875 81/100, of which $1231 49/100 is for monthly rent of freedmens schools some of the accounts running as far back as 1st Dec 1866. The majority, if not all of the teachers are very poor, and dependent on what they receive from the schools for their daily breads. The tuition paid by the freedmen is nothing or a mere pittance, and without the aid of the Bureau promptly extended two or three of the schools will be compelled to close, the teachers not having the means to purchase the bare necessaries of life. All the schools need, and earnestly ask for the prompt settlement of the allowance made by the Bureau.

The prospects for a large crop are flattening and the freedmen are generally working well. In some localities there is complaint of their indolence, refusal to comply with their contract, and deserting their work without cause. When these cases have been brought to my notice, I have endeavored to induce them to return to the plantations, and fulfill their agreements. But these violations of contracts are comparatively few, when we regard the large number of persons employed, and not greater, if as many, as would take place among an equal number of white laborers.

With regard to the Blind-Deaf and Dumb, efforts have been, and are making to obtain the number in This District. Two counties have been heard from and I hope shortly to forward