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128 that it may be placed with the report for that month The number of Acres remaining in possession of the Bureau on the 30th September was incorrectly carried to the October Report Respty yours (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Official J. A. Bates A.A.A.G. (223) 1st December 1865 Howard Maj Gen O.O. Commissioner &c General I have the honor to enclose Consolidated Report of Persons and Articles hired during the month of October 1865 Respty yours (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Official J. A. Bates A.A.A.G. (224) 1st December 1865 Howard Maj Gen O.O. Commissioner &c General I have the honor to report that the following orders for transportation approved by you have been issued from this office dated 27th ult. viz - No 35 for Miss Deens - from Richmond Va to [[strikethrough]] Philadelphia [[/strikethrough]] Baltimore Maryland on govt boat with Freedmen No 36 for fifty eight women, twelve men and twenty seven children (97 persons in all) from Richmond Va to Brooklyn N.Y. (via Balto) - Destitute Freedpeople - To relieve the govt of their support 129 This latter order was issued to replace Order No 26 dated 9th Nov for 106 Freedmen, the transportation not having been used, order returned to these Head Qrs Respty yours (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Official J. A. Bates A.A.A.G. (225) 2d December 1865 Howard Maj Gen O.O. Commissioner &c General I have the honor to request that the papers of Richard H. Baker of Norfolk Va may be returned to these Head Qrs - They were forwarded to Washington on the 21st October Respty yours (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Official J. A. Bates A.A.A.G. (226) 7th December 1865 Howard Maj Gen O.O. Commissioner &c General I have the honor to inform you that the following orders for transportation approved by you have been issued viz - dated 2d Dec 1865 No 37 for Col. O. Brown and Chaplain Manley from Richmond Va to Washington D.C. and return by rail - on duty for the Bureau No 38 for James E. [[Haiglen?]] from Richmond Va to Baltimore Md and return on