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STATE OF ALABAMA
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION

Montgomery, Ala., June 25, 1868.

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

CIRCULAR:

To C W Pierce  Sub-Ass't Commissioner,
Bu. R., F. & A. L., at Demopolis Alabama.

You are desired to make answer, as accurately as possible, to find the following questions and forward the same to the Superintendent of Education at this Office on or before the 20th day of July next.--

1.--How many schools day and night for freedmen are at present organized, and in operation in your district? one - at Livingston Church [[?]]

2.-- How many additional schools are needed, and at what points? Forty Three, besides one plantation  See exhibits attached

3.-- How many colored children are there in your district between the ages of 6 and 18 to be educated? 30,000

4.-- How many central points are there where schools might be organized, and what their names? Seven (7) Demopolis, Dayton, Greensboro, Eutaw, Gainesville, Livingston, Butler.

[[strikethrough]] 6 [[/strikethrough]] 5.-- How many teachers will be needed to supply your district for the coming year? Fifty 

6.-- What amount of monthly salary should be paid teachers as a reasonable compensation? from 35 to 75

7.-- Are there any places in your district where northern teachers could safely be employed, and sustained by tuition fees? If so how many and what number of pupils in each? Not before Jan 1st-

8.-- Are there any teachers engaged for the coming year in your district? If so--what their names, by whom employed, and where will they labor? none

9.-- What amount of tuition, if any, will the colored people be able to pay, and what their ability in this regard compared with the same last year?

10.-- What number of School Houses in your district? How many more will be needed by the first of October, and at what points? Two - See Exhibits to Question No 2

11.-- Can buildings suitable for school purposes be rented? at not more than six points