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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.

Corn and cotton are the chief products of this Sub-District. The majority of the freedpeople are working for one third of the crop.

"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."

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