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CIRCULAR,
No.10.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
WASHINGTON, July 11, 1865.

I..The following mentioned reports will be forwarded to this Bureau by the Assistant Commissioners of the same as hereinafter mentioned:

1st. Monthly reports of refugees and freedmen, whether they are self-supporting or not, who are in colonies, camps, depots, or hospitals, and on government farms or other lands, under the control of the Assistant Commissioners. These reports will contain statements of the number of persons in each colony, camp, depot, hospital, or on each farm; the number and value of rations that have been furnished to agents, employees, refugees, and freedmen, and of the amount and value of clothing that has been furnished, if any, and whether the same has been obtained by donation or purchase; also, of the number of refugees and freedmen who may not be in colonies, camps, depots, hospitals, or on farms, to whom rations and clothing may have been issued, and the number and value of such rations, and the amount and value of such clothing so issued, and whether such clothing was obtained by donation or purchase. The statistics of colonies, camps, &c., will be entered on separate lines in these reports. Blank forms for the same will be furnished from this Bureau.

The first of these reports that the Assistant Commissioners make must cover the period from the time when they first entered upon their duties until the first of the month following the receipt of this circular.

2d. Land reports.—There will be forwarded, as soon as practicable, reports of all lands in the possession or under the control of Assistant Commissioners or their agents that are held for the use or benefit of loyal refugees or freedmen, if such reports have not already been made. They will contain statements as to whether such lands have been abandoned or confiscated, a brief or general description of each separate piece or tract, with its situation, and the name of the former owner or possessor of the same. After such reports have been forwarded, monthly reports of changes will be made, containing brief descriptions of any lands gained during the past month, with statement as to how the same were acquired, the situation and names of former owners.