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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Assistant Superintendent Elizabeth City County, Va.
Fort Monroe, Va., December 31st 1866.

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown
A.A.A.Genl.
H'd Qrs. Asst. Com'r
State of Virginia
General,
Pursuant to Circ. No. 6. C.S. Hd.Qrs. Asst. Com'r Va I have the honor to submit report on condition of Bureau affairs in this county.
The schools, day, night and industrial, are in thorough working order and the daily increase in pupils is encouraging.
There has been no demand for rations during this month, (except for Hospital,) although there is undoubtedly great destitution in many sections of the county. The discontinuance of applications for rations has heretofore been attributed to the reserve supply of grain held by freedmen; which must however, (in view of the