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3411 12/67

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office 4th Division, 9th Sub-District, Virginia.

Staunton, Va. Nov 30th 1867.

Brev. Maj. Genl O. Brown
Asst Comr. Dist. of Va.
Richmond (Through Head Quarters 9th Sub Dist.)

General
In compliance with the requirements of C.O. No. 6 B.R.F.&A.L. Series 1866 I have the honor to submit the following report of Bureau Affairs in the 4th Dir. of S.Dist Va. comprizing the counties of Augusta + Highland. 
The usual yearly settlement of accounts with Freedmen is now commencing and I find the same sharp practice present here as in other portions of the State and without apparent dishonesty the Freedman finds himself with little to receive and that little almost impossible to collect in cash. This is once cause why many Freedmen decline making contracts by the year, as day laborers can often in obtain cash payments, but this irregular mode of employment is a disadvantage to both employer and employed and its general adoption to be regretted.
Several applications for relief have been made during the month and by me referred to proper county offices, 

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