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MONTHLY REPORT of Lt. O. H. Swingley, Assistant [[strikethrough]] Commissioner [[/strikethrough]] Supt. of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, for the State of Texas, of the number of Freedmen to whom rations, clothing, or medicines are issued, in colonies and camps, at depots and stations, and on Government farms or lands set apart for their benefit, or in hospitals in the State of Texas, for the month ending on the 30th day of Nov, 1865.

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| STATION. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Well. Men. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Well. Women. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Well. Children. Male. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Well. Children. Female. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Well. Total. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Sick. Men. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Sick. Women. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Sick. Children. Male. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Sick. Children. Female. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Sick. Total. No. | FIRST CLASS. DEPENDENTS. Aggregate. No. | SECOND CLASS. IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY. Men. No. | SECOND CLASS. IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY. Women. No. | SECOND CLASS. IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY. Total. No. | THIRD CLASS. RECEIVING RATIONS AND GIVING LIEN ON CROP. Men. No. | THIRD CLASS. RECEIVING RATIONS AND GIVING LIEN ON CROP. Women. No. | THIRD CLASS. RECEIVING RATIONS AND GIVING LIEN ON CROP. Children. No. | THIRD CLASS. RECEIVING RATIONS AND GIVING LIEN ON CROP. Total. No. | Total number of Men. No. | Total number of Women. No. | Total number of Children No. | Aggregate. No. | Aggregate last Report. No. | GAIN. BORN. Male. No. | GAIN. BORN. Female. No. | GAIN. Received. No. | GAIN. Total. No. | LOSS. DIED. Male. No. | LOSS. DIED. Female. No. | LOSS. Discharged. No. | LOSS. Total. No. | RATIONS. Full rations received. No. | RATIONS. Full rations Issued. No. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to First Class. Dolls. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to First Class. Cts. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to Second Class. Dolls. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to Second Class. Cts. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to Third Class. Dolls. | RATIONS. Value of rations issued to Third Class. Cts. | RATIONS. Total value of rations issued. Dolls. | RATIONS. Total value of rations issued. Cts. | Value of medicines issued. Dolls. | Value of medicines issued. Cts. | Value of Quartermaster's property issued. Dolls. | Value of Quartermaster's property issued. Cts. | REMARKS.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | The Freedmen in this part of the State I am happy to say are all supporting themselves. I have not issued a single ration to Freedmen since I came here. There are none dependent upon the Govt. for support. There are a few in Govt. employ driving Post Q.M. Teams, for which they receive $20.00 per month & Rations. |

NOTES.-1. All fourteen years of age and over, counted adults; all under, children. Dependents include the homeless, too young or too old to labor, and those permanently disable, and those temporarily sheltered and fed. 
2. Refugees and Freedmen will be borne on separate returns. 
3. The back of this return may be used for such further remarks as may be of interest or useful to the Commissioner.

Austin Texas Nov 25, 1865.

O.H. Swingley
Assistant [[strikethrough]] Commissioner, [[/strikethrough]] Supt.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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