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STATE OF ALABAMA Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Montgomery, Ala., June 25, 1868. CIRCULAR: To Lieut J. Bannister Sub-Ass't Commissioner, Bu. R., F. & A. L., at Opelika 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? Six 2.--How many additional schools are needed, and at what points? Nine Louina Roanoke Cusseta Oak Bowery Auburn Notasulga Loachapoka Salem and Tuskegee 3.--How many colored children are there in your district between the ages of 6 and 18 to be educated? 2 or 3 thousand 4.--How many central points are there where schools might be organized, and what their names? Answered in question No. 2 5.--How many teachers will be needed to supply your district for the coming year? Ten 6.--What amount of monthly salary should be paid teachers as a reasonable compensation? $50.00 pr mo. 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? I think not 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 that I Know of 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 25 per ct, do not Know what they paid 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? None 11.--Can buildings suitable for school purposes be rented? Yes