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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 John C. Hendrix Sub-Ass't Commissioner,

Bu. R., F. & A. L., at Montgomery 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 of July next.-

1.--How many schools day and night for freedmen are at present organized, and in operation in your district?
Twenty one (21) - Twenty (20) day and one (1) Night
2.--How many additional schools are needed, and at what points?   Sixteen - see note 12nd Page - for names of prints
3.--How many colored children are there in your district between the ages of 6 and 18 to be educated?    4000
4.--How many central points are there where schools might be organized, and what their names?   See Note 1- on Page 2 - 
5.--How many teachers will be needed to supply your district for the coming year?    about sixteen (16)
6.--What amount of monthly salary should be paid teachers as a reasonable compensation?   $25 to 50 Dollars and Board
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?   It is doubtful - Teachers cannot depend upon Pupils for teacher fees, as for months some Pupils are not able to pay anything,
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?   There are none employed as yet - 
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?  About the same,
10.--What number of School Houses in your district? How many more will be needed by the first of October, and at what points?   Sixteen - Impossible to say how many will be need by 1st of Oct
11.--Can buildings suitable for school purposes be rented?   Yes.