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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."

Crops raised are chiefly Cotton & Corn the crops in Gaudaloupe & Wilson Counties have been very poor, in Gonzales County the Crops have been somewhat better than in Gaudaloupe & Wilson Counties

"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." 

All difficulties arising regarding the Labor of Freedmen are decided at this office

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