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28 REPORT OF REFUGEES, FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1865, TO OCTOBER 31, 1866 ADMITTED, DISCHARGED, TRANSFERRED, DIED, AND REMAINING UNDER TREATMENT. [[17 columned table]] |MONTHS.|ADMITTED. Adult Males.|ADMITTED. Adult Females.|ADMITTED. Male Children.|ADMITTED. Female Children.|DISCH'D. Adult Males.|DISCH'D. Adult Females.|DISCH'D. Male Children.|DISCH'D. Female Children.|DIED. Adult Males.|DIED. Adult Females.|DIED. Male Children.|DIED. Female Children.|REMAIN'G. Adult Males.|REMAIN'G. Adult Females.|REMAIN'G. Male Children.|REMAIN'G. Female Children. |---|---|---|---|---|---| |January 1866|1|1|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|1|1|---|---| |February 1866|---|1|---|---|---|1|---|---|---|---|---|---|1|1|---|---| |March 1866|3|1|---|1|1|1|---|1|---|---|---|---|3|1|---|---| |April 1866|6|1|1|---|3|1|---|---|1|---|---|---|5|1|1|---| |May 1866|4|5|2|5|5|2|---|4|---|---|---|---|4|4|3|1| |June 1866|5|19|9|6|2|13|6|4|1|---|---|---|6|10|6|3| |July 1866|16|22|7|8|9|12|8|2|---|---|---|---|13|20|5|9| |August 1866|13|33|9|5|14|46|12|9|3|---|1|2|9|7|1|3| |September 1866|23|23|14|7|22|19|12|8|1|2|---|1|9|9|3|1| |October 1866|22|18|8|6|25|17|7|2|---|---|---|---|6|10|4|5| |Total|93|124|50|38|81|112|45|30|6|2|1|3|6|10|4|5| |Aggregate|[[ADMITTED.]] 305|[[DISCH'D.]] 268|[[DIED.]] 12|[[REMAIN'G]] 25| The large per centage of mortality of cases in the hospitals is due in part to the extent to which disease has generally gone before they are received. In part, it also has its source in the uncared-for class from whom the patients come. The compensation of $100 00 per month, the maximum allowed to contract surgeons, is an insufficient return for the labor and professional skill which is required of them. During the year past, sixteen such officers have been at different times employed, of whom six have withdrawn, two died, and eight are still in service. The Quartermaster's Department of the Bureau in this District, is not so far distinct from the Department proper, that its operations can be separately stated with precision. Subsistence stores have been received and transferred by it. Hospital requirements for clothing, fuel, and ambulance transportation have been met, and transportation furnished under various orders to Refugees and Freedmen, and to officers and men on duty pertaining to the Bureau. A statement of such items as can be well presented is given in the following table : 29 REPORT OF CLOTHING FUEL AND TRANSPORTATION, FURNISHED BY THE BUREAU OF REFUGEES AND FREEDMAN, IN THE STATE OF ALA., DURING THE YEAR ENDING OCT.31ST, 1866 Articles of Clothing furnished_ _ _ _ _ number 16,463 Blankets and Blanket Quilts_ _ _ _ _ _ number 7,793 Wood_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cords 339 Coal_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tons 4 Officers 78 Miles Transported 16,191 Cost $404 77 Enlisted Men 334 Miles Transported 51,437 Cost 1,285 97 Employees 85 Miles Transported 17,474 Cost 436 85 Refugees 217 Miles Transported 42,630 Cost 1,065 57 Freedmen 521 Miles Transported 74,523 Cost 1,863 07 Amount of Funds Estimated for by Q. M. Department 11,134 50 The bill reserving certain lands in the Gulf States for "homestead actual settlement", as originally introduced, applied only to Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida. A request was forwarded that its benefits be extended also to freedmen in Alabama. After the passage of the bill, the Register of the Land Office at this place, accompanied by an intelligent clerk from this office, made an extended tour of the public lands in this State. Their report showed that while large areas were exceedingly rich in minerals, and nearly all well timbered, yet for, agricultural purposes, cleared lands, which could be bought or leased, at a low rate from private owners, offered much greater hope of profit, with the high price of cotton. And although many inquiries into the opportunities afforded by the bill were made by freedmen, yet, on reflections, few considered its provisions advantageous. The entries, therefore have been nominal, as were those at the Land Office by white persons, except of mineral lands, and are not statistically presented. Steps have been taken to diffuse full information and facilities, and to afford to freedmen the assistance of the Bureau, and it is possible that when their annual contracts have expired, more will avail themselves of the provisions of this bill. The Legislature of last winter, made provision for a census of the State. A table showing the result is given below. It will be seen that the effect of war has been to
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