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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT'S MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT 

To Bureau R. F. & A. L., for the month of April, 1867, Jefferson Co District, State of Arkansas 

☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.
☞ To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.
☞ This has reference to the present season.
☞ This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.

[[35 Columned Table]]
| No. of Day Schools. | No. of Night Schools. | LOCATION, AND NAME OF SCHOOL. | When opened. | SOCIETIES, &c., PATRONS. | No. Schools sustained by freedmen. | No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen. | No. Teachers transported by Bureau. | No. School buildings owned by freedmen. | No. School buildings furnished by Bureau. | TEACHERS. Whole No. | TEACHERS. White. | TEACHERS. Colored | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.) Male. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.) Female. | No. pupils enrolled last Report. | No. left School this Month. | No. New Scholars this Month. | Average Attendance. | No. of Pupils paying Tuition. | No. of White Pupils. | No. always Present. | No. always Punctual. | No. over 16 years of Age. | No. in Alphabet. | No. Spell and Read easy Lessons. | No. advanced Readers. | No. Geography | No. Arithmetic. | No. Higher Branches. | No. Writing. | No. Needle-work. | No. Free before the War. | No. Sabbath Schools. | No. Pupils in Sabbath Schools. |
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| 1 |   | Pine Bluff No 1 | 1866 Oct | Sustained by freedmen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 56 | 72 | 5 | 30 | 80 | 97 | 0 | 64 | 60 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 77 | 22 | 37 | 24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 |
|   | 1 | Pine Bluff No 1 | Nov | Sustained by freedmen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |   |   | 0 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 |  | Pine Bluff Sch | Nov | A.M. Ass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 43 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 1 |  | Cockrill plantation | 1867 Feb | A.M. Ass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 63 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 |
|  | 1 | Cockrill plantation | Feb | Discontinued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 |  | New Gascony | March | AM Ass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 41 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 |
| 1 |  | Warren plantation | Feb | AM Ass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
|  | 1 | Warren plantation | Apr | AM Ass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 |   | Mizelle plantation | Jan | AM Ass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
|   | 1 | Mizelle plantation | Jan | AM Ass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  | 0 | 30 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS. 
| 6 | 3/9 |   |   |   | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 199 | 234/433 | 372 | 50 | 111 | 515 | 151 | 0 | 193 | 245 | 96 | 47 | 281 | 105 | 45 | 71 | 24 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 428 |

☞ To these questions give exact or approximate answers.
1. How many of above Schools are graded? 0
How many grades? 0 
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0 
Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools, 0  
No. Teachers in all, 0 
White, 0 
Colored, 0
3. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0  
Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools, 0 
No. Teachers in all, 0 
White, 0 
Colored, 0
4. How many Industrial Schools? 0 
Whole No. Pupils in all, 0 
State the kind of work done, 0 
5. Whole amount of Tuition paid by Freedmen during the month, $67.85
6. Whole amount of expenses for the above Schools by the Bureau for the month, $46.75
7. Grand total of expenses for support of above schools by all parties, $334.00
8. Whole No. of High or Normal Schools, 0 
How many pupils in all? 0 
9. Remarks. The Amt paid by Bureau was for transportation furnished in Oct. but was not reported till now. The total expense includes a certain amount which the freedmen have agreed to pay.
Wm J. Dawes
Bvt Maj Agt B.R.F & A L

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