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to receive every cent to which he is entitled.
 
From all sections of this Sub-District, the most cheerful accounts reach me, of the earnest and steady industry of the Freedmen, and of their increasing thrift and appreciation of their new status. The growing crops look much better, so far as care and culture are concerned, than in the same season of any year since the War, and if we should be blessed soon with a copious rain, which is greatly needed, there is every probability that an extraordinary yield will ensue. 

It is matter of regret that the means of education of the Freed children in this Sub-District are not more efficient. That the great mass of Colored children will speedily acquire mastery of books, if they are afforded fair opportunities, has been fully demonstrated, and the propriety and importance of educating them is too apparent to require comment. Special attention to educational affairs, will be given by the Sub-Ass't Commissioner during the approaching month, with a view to ascertaining and reporting more definitely, the wants of the Freedmen in this respect. 

Respectfully submitted 
D.C. Rugg
Sub Ass't Commissioner