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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of Arthur B Homer for the Month of Sept 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 4th

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 3 Day? 3 Night? 1 Sabbath? 3

3. Location of Schools?  West Columbia  Chauncey Prairie  Brazoria

4. Whole number of Teachers? 3 White? 1 Colored? 2

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?  Columbia John Parker - Brazoria  Walter Wormley.

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 2  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? want repairs owned by the freedmen

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

8. Number of educational 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?  Matagorda Co. has none Gulf Prairie  Oyster Creek

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  300

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

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

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School 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? about ½.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites?  in favor of.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes  In what way could they be carried on? same as day

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?
furnish Lumber for repairs

19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  for some time to come

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.
Arthur B. Homer
Sub-Asst. Com. Bureau R.F. & A.L.