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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 W H Stewart for the Month of June 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]
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1. Name of your Sub-District? 19th
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 0 Night? 1 Sabbath? 0
3. Location of School? Huntsville

4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? 0
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? 0

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? good 17,00) seventeen hundred Dollars capacity (500) Freedmen.

7. Number of your visits to Schools? L Day? 0 Night? L Sabbath? 0
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 1 Where? Huntsville

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 1 Grants colonie

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 00

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? AS the present now 

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? all in my power

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 1

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? yes

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? 15,00 Dollars for to build School houses

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? that the are doing well

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? by a aight School Teacher

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? by applying to Headquarters for lunch assistance of a Teacher

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? until the [[?]] properly regulated.

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I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct. 
WH Stewart
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F., & A.L.