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The condition of those persons left in destitution by the war, of whom a great majority were white, and who are known as "Refugees", was very far from promising.  By an issue of what was known as the "destitute ration", relief on a large scale had been afforded to them during the preceding year, in the hope that with the maturing of the crops that system might be discontinued.  But an alternate excess of frost and heat, of rain and drought, in turn severely injured every crop, creating an amount of suffering greater than that which it had attempted to relieve.  An order had been issued in October, directing that in lieu of rations from the Commissary Department, the issue be confined thenceforth to corn and bacon, to be purchased and issued entirely by Officers of the Bureau.  This system it was found necessary to maintain until the maturing this year of an excellent crop of cereals permitted the entire discontinuance of this species of relief.

The following is a statement of the food issued, and the persons relieved in the State of Alabama under Government appropriations for relief, during nine months ending August August 31st 1867.

Amount of Subsistence Stores issued, and Number of Persons relieved in the State of Alabama, during nine months ending August 31st 1867.

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| Month | White Man | White Woman | White Children Male | White Children Female | White Total | Colored Man | Colored Woman | Colored Children Male | Colored Children Female | Colored Total | Total No. of Men | Total No. of Women | Total No. of Children | Aggregate | Bushels of Corn | Pounds of Bacon | Pounds of Pork | Pounds of Flour |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 1866 | 1648 | 4289 | 4930 | 5229 | 16096 | 760 | 1272 | 1657 | 1584 | 5273 | 2408 | 5561 | 13400 | 21369 | 17458 | 53920 |   |   |
| January 1867 | 644 | 2307 | 3217 | 3558 | 9726 | 250 | 476 | 570 | 858 | 2154 | 894 | 2783 | 8203 | 11880 | 9957 | 21720 |   |   |
| February 1867 | 255 | 1151 | 1546 | 1787 | 4739 | 96 | 314 | 181 | 261 | 852 | 351 | 1465 | 3775 | 5591 | 1559 | 3685 | 8600 | 17746 |
| March 1867 | 1736 | 5365 | 6715 | 8193 | 22009 | 1080 | 2267 | 1995 | 2398 | 7740 | 2816 | 7632 | 18301 | 29749 | 19997 | 42742 | 4200 | 7940 |
| April 1867 | 2024 | 5782 | 7419 |10177 | 25402 | 601 | 2502 | 2402 | 2452 | 2782 | 8337 | 2625 | 8284 | 22830 | 33739 | 16720 | 33088 | 3200 | 5096 |
| May 1867 | 1255 | 4457 | 5721 | 7205 | 18638 | 901 | 1876 | 1963 | 2395 | 7135 | 2156 | 6333 | 17284 | 25773 | 12910 | 26350 |   |   |
| June 1867 | 298 | 2731 | 3222 | 4632 | 10883 | 398 | 1210 | 1367 | 1890 | 4865 | 696 | 3941 | 11111 | 15748 | 13367 | 12786 | 3500 | 9016 |
| July 1867 | 1040 | 3539 | 4701 | 4336 | 13616 | 425 | 1043 | 731 | 819 | 3018 | 1465 | 4582 | 10587 | 16634 | 7935 | 13919 |   |   |
| August 1867 | 539 | 1281 | 1974 | 2344 | 6138 | 292 | 694 | 692 | 539 | 2217 | 831 | 1975 | 5549 | 8355 |   | 8970 |   |   |
| Total | 9439 | 30902 | 39445 | 47461 | 127247 | 4803 | 11654 | 11608 | 13526 | 41591 | 14242 | 42556 | 112040 | 168838 | 99883 | 216162 | 19500 | 39798 |


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Report of Rations issued to destitute Refugees and Freedmen in "Colonies" during the year commencing October 1st 1866, and ending September 30th 1867.

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| Months | White Man | White Woman | White Children Male | White Children Female | White Total | Colored Man | Colored Woman | Colored Children Male | Colored Children Female | Colored Total | Total No. of Men | Total No. of Women | Total No. of Children | Aggregate | Total No. of full rations issued | Total value of Rations issued. Dolls. | Total value of Rations issued. Cts | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| October 1866 |   | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 202 | 312 | 181 | 178 | 873 | 202 | 318 | 370 | 890 | 20042 | 3708 | 51 |
| November 1866 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 183 | 271 | 135 | 155 | 744 | 184 | 274 | 297 | 755 | 17550 | 3166 | 62 |
| December 1866 |   | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 201 | 278 | 138 | 102 | 769 | 201 | 280 | 293 | 774 | 18487 | 3323 | 35 |
| January 1867 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 176 | 249 | 108 | 112 | 645 | 177 | 279 |232 | 688 | 18050 | 3278 | 01 |
| February 1867 |   | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 152 | 206 | 87 | 102 | 547 | 152 | 208 | 192 | 552 | 12051 | 2665 | 21 |
| March 1867 |   | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 158 | 212 | 87 | 86 | 543 | 158 | 214 | 175 | 547 | 15640 | 3815 | 81 |
| April 1867 |   | 1 | 1 |   | 2 | 166 | 209 | 86 | 79 | 540 | 166 | 210 | 166 | 542 | 13831 | 3244 | 82 |
| May 1867 | 1 | 1 |   |   | 2 | 165 | 212 | 83 | 80 | 540 | 166 | 213 | 163 | 542 | 14241 | 3525 | 46 |
| June 1867 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 173 | 224 | 82 | 84 | 563 | 177 | 230 | 171 | 578 | 14136 | 3524 | 96 |
| July 1867 | 60 | 75 | 93 | 30 | 258 | 174 | 232 | 95 | 112 | 613 | 234 | 307 | 330 | 871 | 168037 | 24026 | 59 |
| August 1867 | 3 | 4 |   |   | 7 | 184 | 224 | 89 | 76 | 573 | 187 | 228 | 165 | 580 | 15471 | 4063 | 59 |
| September 1867 | 3 | 4 |   |   | 7 | 178 | 226 | 78 | 72 | 554 | 181 | 230 | 150 | 561 | 13784 | 3274 | 94 |
| Total | 73 | 136 | 109 | 58 | 376 | 2112 | 2855 | 1249 | 1288 | 7504 | 2185 | 2991 | 2704 | 7580 | 1900867 | 241617 | 90 |

Meanwhile, early in the current year, the general distress so far exceeded the appropriates for this purpose, as to arouse that feeling at the north which found expression through Relief Associations at the great commercial centres in distributing gratuitous supplies here and elsewhere, according to a sense of the necessity in different States.  There seemed to be no limit to this generosity except that of necessity for its continuance, and it is not too much to say that by its timely exercise not only have the poor in Counties been relieved from numerous individual cases of starvation, but they have been rescued also from disorder and disease, such as result from famine.  The gentlemen of the Southern Famine Relief Commission of New York were foremost in this good work, and our correspondence with their excellent Secretary, Dr. Edward Bright, has afforded us a satisfaction scarcely exceeded by that derived from the largeness of their contributions.

Associations in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cincinnatti, St. Louis, Louisville and Boston also responded liberally to appeals for assistance, and many contributions were forwarded through private channels to points where they were most needed.

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