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Office, Sub Ass't Comr, B.R.F. & A.L.,
Sub Dist. of Huntsville,
Huntsville, Ala., May 1st, 1868.

Report of Operations of the Bureau, Sub District of Huntsville, for the month of April, 1868.

The operations of the Bureau, during the past month, have consisted:-
1st. In making and approving contracts, between employees, and employees.
2d. In forwarding and perfecting claims for Pay, Bounty and Pensions of discharged colored Soldiers, and their representatives; and in receiving and disbursing money in payments of such claims as have been allowed.
3d. In delivering Bureau and Relief Stores, sold under Special Order No 33, dated "State of Alabama, Bureau R.F. & A.L., Montgomery, Ala., March 28, 1868", and issuing rations to destitute.
4th. In advising freedmen, touching matters of economy, propriety, &c.
5th. In redressing their grievances,