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"State the kind of crops raised and the condition of the same; whether the freed people work for monthly wages or a portion of the crop and the customary amount of either."

The principal crops raised are cotton and corn. The freed people generally work for a share of the crop. The customary share is one third the planter furnishing lands, teams, implements, forage and rations.

"Include in your Report the operations of the State laws as applied to freed people, with special reference to the Apprentice Law, Vagrant Law, and Law regulating labor."

No cases under the provisions of the above laws have come to my knowledge during the month.

"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."

The principal difficulty I labor under is the want of a few horses, to mount the men for the purpose of hunting down criminals, serving notices, making arrests &c.