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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of Co Gaegny Banett J L 26 Jug for the Month of April 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 30th

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1

3. Location of Schools? Tyler Smith Co Texas

4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? 0

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Mrs Mary W. Stripling _ Tyler Smith Co Texas

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? Condition good; Capacity sufficient for the locality; value unknown; owned by John M Clay Eeg

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 8 Day? 8 Night? 0 Sabbath? 2

8. Number of education meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? 0

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Canton Vanzandt Co [[?]]: Henderson Co: Zutman: Wood Co

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? not known

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedman, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? not known

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? I am using proper exertions to secure support of schools by pupils and parents: nothing can be obtained from others

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 3

14. Could you organize your Sub-Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? No

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? To the full extent

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Various: Some favor and some opposed the movement, but neither will take any steps to educate the Freedmen; in some localities next could it would be dangerous to organize Freedmens' Schools, unless protected by military force

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? By the Bureau [[?]] and employing teachers

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Noshing, as they don't wish "Yankies" to educate them

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? As long as the government fails to give aid

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters hereby named, and that the answers given are according to my best knowledge and belief, corrected. 
Gaegny Banett J L 26 Jug - Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.