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Abstract of Report on the Condition of the Freedmen's Schools for the Month ending March 31, 1867. We are indebted for the following interesting information concerning the prosperity of the colored schools, etc., to Rev. D. Burt[[strikethrough]]e[[/strikethrough]], Superintendent of Education, B. R. F. and A. L., for the State of Tennessee: Schools by benevolent societies 77 Private schools 19 Total number of schools 96 White teachers 103 Colored teachers 34 Total number of teachers 137 Total number of pupils 8,550 Average attendence 5,732 In geography 1,785 In arithmetic 2,942 In writing 2,951 In higher branches 265 Rents and repairs by Bureau during the month $895.76 Transportation of teachers during the month 220.15 Paid by freedmen toward these schools 1,815.00 Paid by benevolent societies 6,151.41 Total expense of schools 8,082.32 Two new schools have been opened during the month of March, one at Alexandria and one at Jonesboro'. The enrollment of this month is 451 less than that of the preceding month, in consequence of excessive rains, which have kept small children at home. The average attendance has been better in March than it was in February, evincing that the pupils have persevered under the difficulties of mud and high water. The progress of the schools has been gratifying, and the purpose to sustain them firm. The contributions of the freedmen for the past month ($1,815) have been unusually large. Calls for new schools are increasing from communities where the colored people will pay the board of the teachers. Our great want is funds for paying their salaries.
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Updated to remove table -- this is a list, not a table.