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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 Maj. James Gillette Sub- Ass't Commissioner,
Bu. R., F. & A. L., at Mobile Alabama.

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

1.--How many schools day and night for freedmen are at present organized, and in operation in your district? Eight(8). Day Schools - 7 in Mobile City & County and 1 in Baldwin at Montrose. Five (5) Night Schools  4 in Mobile 1 in Baldwin

2.--How many additional schools are needed, and at what points? In Mobile County five - at full points.
Citronelle, Whistler, Spring Hill, Grand Bay, Mt Vernon.  In Baldwin County - two. Montgomery Hill & Blakely.

3.--How many colored children are there in your district between the ages of 6 and 18 to be educated? about 4,000 in Mobile - 1000 in Baldwin

4.--How many central points are there where schools might be organized, and what their names? The same as in no. 2

5.--How many teachers will be needed to supply your district for the coming year? Seven as for no. 2 & 4

6.--What amount of monthly salary should be paid teachers as a reasonable compensation? $75 per month for Mobile City and $50 per mo. for country. If teachers are boarded by parents of pupils $50 for city and $30 for country is sufficient.

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?  At Citronelle, Whistler, and at all places except perhaps Blakely in Baldwin County. But tuition fees cant sustain them.

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? The American Miss. Association will provide for its institution in Mobile and there are other teachers enough to supply Mobile City. Seven [[?]] teachers are required for the new schools and they will have to be paid from outside sources.

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? The colored people have managed to pay - as per reports - about $200 a month tuition, but with greatest difficulty. I believe their ability is not greater than last year if it is so great.

10.--What number of School Houses in your district? How many more will be needed by the first of October, and at what points?  At the seven new points. Buildings are required. In Mobile the Churches and Emerson Institute supply the demand.

11.--Can buildings suitable for school purposes be rented? Not in the places named for new schools, so far as I can ascertain. Citronelle has a church which can be used temporarily.