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16 Continuation - Respectfully returned to Wm M. Colby with the information that the whole amount authorized to be expended on the Magnolia School house was five hundred dollars. This amount has been paid and receipts for the same are on file in my office. (sg'd)Henry Page, Sp. Ag't & Disbursing Officer. Little Rock, May 28th 1869. [[left margin]] Hon. H.A. Miller Camden, Ark. [[/left margin]] Continuation. Respectfully returned to H.A. Miller. Supt. 9th Dist. As the case stands, I should not be sustained in making further "repairs" on the Magnolia School house. The repairs may be made by those directly interested & the Bureau will pay a monthly rental of $15.00 for four months, provided a school is maintained and monthly reports made to this office. Wm M. Colby, Supt. Edn Little Rock, Ark. June 4, 1869. 17 [[left margin]] Gen. H.M. Whittelsey C.Q.M. Bu R.F. etc Washington D.C. [[/left margin]] E. Letter of Wm M. Colby enclosing Return of Bureau stores for May 1869. (sg'd) Wm M. Colby Supt. Education. Little Rock Ark. June 12. 1869. Continuation Respectfully returned. Mr. Colby will please sign the returns and forward them again. By Command of B't Maj Gen. O.O. Howard Commissioner. (sg'd) Henry M Whittlesey C.Q.M. B.R.F. & A.L. War Department Washington D.C. June 19, 1869. Continuation Respectfully returned to Gen. H.M. Whittlesey, C.Q.M. Washington D.C. with enclosures properly signed. (sg'd) Wm M. Colby Supt of Edn Little Rock, Ark. June 28" 1869.