I hope it may not prove too tedious if a few average reports of committees are here given from different sections of the field and a sample “labor sheet” to more clearly show some of the kinds of work done, and the character and spirit of the people. The labor sheet is intended to be a record of the tools given out and returned, the number of men at work, the kind of work done—whether ditches, bridges, roads, dams, repairing wrecked houses, or building new ones, digging wells, building chimneys, fencing gardens, splitting boards or shingles, etc., and also the record of the condition as observed by the visitor or inspector of the work.

The following sample is the work of Committeeman Jackson Gillison, of Stuart Point, Port Royal Island, being one of the first who began work:

Labor on Port Royal Island.

Committee, Jack Gillison.

Stuart’s Point, Place.

BUILDING AND REPAIRING.

Tools
Taken
Out.		Tools
Returned.		NumberNumber
of men.		Description
1893
Dec.		 Sandy Brown’sHouse,12 x 18,Rebuilt.
1 1512Abby Hamilton’s”12 x 15,”
Shalcot Mack’s”10 x 15,”
Thomas Devoe’s”10 x 15,”
Robert Marshall’s”15 x 15,”
August Dunkin’s”12 x 18,”
Storm Jackson’s” Shingled.
Sanford Howard’s” All except
shingles.
Thomas Williams’” ” ” ”
Tissey Small’s” Rebuilt.
Sibby Robinson’s”moved 200 feet on
hill and blocked up.
April Alfred Davis’”finished to the
shingles.
271224Dick Bright’s”finished after frame
has been put up.

DITCHING.

1894
Feb.		 WidthDepthLength.
16 24241 Dike153 400
1 ”154 700
1 ”64 500-1600 feet Dikes.
16 24241 Ditch231500
1 ”23 700
1 ”32 800
1 ”21 600
1 ”22 400
1 ”22 700
1 ”23 500
1 ”22 400
1 ”32 400
1 ”23 600
1 ”21 300
1 ”32 200
2 Ditches32 600
2 ”23 800
2 ”22 150-8650 Ditches.
April 1 Trunk (Tide Gate), repaired
27 24242 Trunks (” ” ), made3 Trunks.