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Office B.R.F. and A.L.
Sub Dist of Sardis Miss
Sardis Miss Aug 31st 1867

Sir
I have the honor to make the following report for the month of August 1867

[[left margin]] Population [[/left margin]]
The total Freed population in my sub-Dist. is about twenty three thousand to wit. Panola Co eleven thousand, De Soto Co ten thousand and Tunica Co two thousand. 

[[left margin]] Condition and how paid [[/left margin]]
The condition of Freedmen in my Sub-Dist. is very good. Freedmen have not been paid generally for their labor last year. 

[[left margin]] Contracts for 1867 [[/left margin]]
Contracts for this year are mostly for portion of the crops, one third of the crop where the planters furnish provisions, and one half where