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-by all classes; much more so than in places when there have been no schools. 

So far as the freedmen are dependent on the whites, their welfare is determined by their submission to the will of the latter. The southern white considers that his colored tenants are employees are bound to act - to vote - according to the desire of their employer - not to do this is trouble, discharge, and starvation for the freedman.

The Register of Marriages, ordered by Circular No. 11, Series of 1866, was, some time ago, burnt by accident at Drummondtown. It is submitted whether another registration should be made; the expense of it would be great - the value of it I cannot determine.

The present A.S.A.C. in charge has had no opportunity to judge of the disposition of