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of labor, [[strikethrough]] again [[/strikethrough]] it was also feared that in these pressing times and in the expectation of a provision being made by the State for educational purpose, efforts on the part of the colored people would relax, in the [[strikethrough]] expectation [[/strikethrough]] of providing their children with an education without any cost, but such fears have proved groundless, for the interest seems to be on the increase, and we are enabled to show not only a gain in every respect over the preceding month, but also that a greater number have been under tuition than in any other month since the Bureau has been established in the State.  North Carolina can now present an army of Sixteen thousand four hundred school children which places [[strikethrough]] North Carolina [[/strikethrough]] in the front rank of the Southern States in the Education enterprise.