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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS 2nd SUB-DISTRICT, VIRGINIA,
Petersburg, Va., Decbr 29th,1868

Capt Wm A Coulter
AAAG
Captain

In compliance with existing orders I have the honor to submit the following inspection Report for the quarter ending December 31st

The condition of affairs in the several counties of which I have charge remains generally unchanged since my last Report, so far as refers to the relations between the races  The usual ,disagreements and wrongs with and to the freedmen, when crops are to be divided have occurred during Autumn, and always will occur until the colored man acquires sufficient education to understand his property relations, and be able to guard against the impositions of the employer