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Bureau R F and A L
Hd Qrs 3d Div 5th Sub-Dist. Va
Yorktown Va August 1st 1867

General
Pursuant to Cir No 6 dated Head Quarters Asst Comr State of Va Jany 29th 1866. I have the honor to submit the following report of the condition of affairs during the past month in this district. No material change has occurred except the discontinuance of the 

"Bureau Court"

In cast the civil authorities take advantage of the opportunity now offered them for the administration of justice in this country and act with firmness and impartiality its discontinuance will I think be productive of good. Great expense to the Bureau would be necessitated by the continuance of the court in a proper manner. Mounted orderlies, stationery printed matter and new clerical assistance would have been required. The great danger to be apprehended is that