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Office Sub-Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of R., F. & A.L., Houston, Texas, September 1", 1866. Bvt. Col. Wm. H. Sinclair, A.A.G., B.R.,F. & A.L. Galveston. Colonel: I have the honor to request that the following estimate of expenditures may be allowed for the benefit of the inmates of the Freedmen's Hospital. White washing building & lime $40.00. Erecting Privy $40.00. 1 doz. common wooden chairs $15.00. Cooking utensils and sundry other articles of furniture &c. needed to render the patients more comfortable $30.00. Funeral expenses $35.00 Total $160.00 Very respectfully Your ob't Servt Byron Porter Capt., A.A.G. of Vols. & Sub Ass't. Com'r.