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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugee in 29th Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of Bvt Major C Mauck for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 29th Sub District. State of Texas

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 5 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath? 2

3. Location of Schools? 2 at Georgetown Williamson County Texas 
3 at Austin Travis County Texas

4. Whole number of Teachers? 4 White? 3 Colored? 1  14 Col and 2 White Teachers in Sunday Schools

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Miss Mary O'Connor Georgetown, Williamson Co Texas - Mr Joseph Book and Mrs Amanda Robinson (col) Austin Travis County Texas

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 4 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? In Austin 1st Bureau School House capacity 200 2nd Foundry Building owned by State of Texas Capacity 200 3rd Col Church - People of Austin Cap 500  In Georgetown Church Col people of Georgetown Capacity 100

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

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? near Parsons Seminary on [[Willbager?]], Circleville, Webberville and on many of the larger plantations

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? about 40 in Each School

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

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? Efforts are being made to induce planters to organize Schools on their plantations and the colored people both parents and children are urged to support all Schools

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

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

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? When the Teachers are colored and the School house paid for the Schools would be self supporting

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? The feeling is against the education of the freedmen, but this feeling is rapidly passing away — There are very few if any of the class of "Poor Whites" in this Sub District and no opposition is made to their educating themselves

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes  In what way could they be carried on? In Austin a night school will be carried on as soon as the cold weather is gone and if possible next month

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? No suggestions

19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? I think the aid necessary is only to assist them building School houses

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.

C Mauck
Cap 4th Cavy Bvt Major USA
Sub-Asst. Com. Bureau R.F. & A.L.