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Report OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, BUREAU R., F. & A. L., STATE OF ALABAMA, for the month of July 1869 {{Stamp}} The National Archives of the United States {{ stamp}} No. of Day Schools ....29 No. of Night Schools ..... No. of Schools sustained by freedmen .......1 No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen ...1 No. of School sustained in part by freedmen ...4 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau .....28 No. White teachers.....26 No. Colored teachers ...11 Whole number of teachers ....37 No. Male pupils enrolled ....653 No. Female pupils enrolled ...866 Total number of pupils ....1519 No. pupils enrolled last report ....3115 No. left school this month ....1739 No. new scholars this month ...243 Average attendance ....1110 No. pupils paying tuition ....450 No. white pupils .....12 No. always present ...721 No always punctual ....663 No. over 16 years of age ....106 No. in Alphabet .....213 No. spell and read easy lessons .....850 No. advanced readers.....316 No. in Geography.....138 No. in Arithmetic ....318 No. in higher branches ....48 No. in Writing ......319 No. in Needle Work ....5 No. free before the war ....12 No. Sabbath Schools ....12 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools....80 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools ....1291 Day and night schools not reported above ....300 No. pupils (estimated in such schools ......9000 No. teachers white 200 colored 125 No. Sabbath Schools not reported above No pupils (estimated in such schools No. teachers white colored Industrial Schools No. pupils in all Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month $157 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $255.25 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $412.25 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized No. pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools Edwin Beecher Supt. of Education