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greatly to their disadvantage in the settlements of claims for services rendered. 

6th  No Schools were in session during the quarter.  This month closes the vacation and teachers are shortly expected to return.

Efforts are being made to organize schools at Newtown and Middletown, the only places now destitute, where a sufficient number of pupils could be found to attend.

Second Division; comprising Clarke, Warren and Page Counties.

1st  In this division the general condition of the freed people appears to be prosperous  No considerable numbers are congregated at any one place, and consequently labor is in active demand at fair prices; and all are employed. In consequence of their isolated condition, and the consequent difficulty in organizing for mutual consent of action; their advancement, socially, is slow. The Schools