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Sub District of Corinth.-
Number of Freedmen in this Sub District is reported as about 17,900

Their Condition as a general thing is good, the freedmen being well treated by their employers.

Contracts. 
A number of complaints for non fulfilment of contracts are made by freedmen - Many are working crops on shares. Advantage is being taken from contractors, owing to the want of knowledge on the part of many of the freedmen as to the validity or even true contents of the contracts they sign. The Sub Assistant Commissioner has directed that as far as possible these papers be submitted to him for examination before signature. Most of the freedmen prefer cultivating crops on shares rather than for wages.