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pounds to eleven persons all of them in temporary distress from sickness, or burdened with invalids and children.

The administration of Civil Affairs continues to be as unsatisfactory, but as it has been made the subject of special investigation, I will not enter upon it.

The material prosperity of the freedmen continues to increase. Every month sees a large accession to the number of them who have homesteads of their own. I propose to furnish definitive statistics upon this point another month.

The schools are increasing in numbers, but the style of instruction and discipline is not satisfactory. The present teachers fail to awaken the interest and zeal which those trained in the Northern methods easily maintain. Uniformity of books and classification is very much needed. But under the present system of self-sustaining schools, it is not seen how the Agency of the Bureau can be brought to bear.

Very Respectfully
Your ob'd't Serv't
Sam S. Gardner
Sub Asst. Comir.          

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Samuel S. Gardner