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U. L. Commuasion of Euquery wits condition of
Sir W. Hamilton.
(Minutes.)
Our
A very interesting report, though disfigured by
good dral of Verbiage about the Rights of man, The Dularatin of Independence of King John & magna Carta, o by occasional refersaces to Admiral Dewey's "glorians victory in Inanila Bay" - refersaces which are in peculiarly American bad taste, as Drury
was one of the firs Commissioners who draw up the report. It also suffus from lack of maps. The general impression given by the Report in that the going to deal with the Philippine quest in with characteristic thoroughners & pack aps
a little too thoroughly,
U.S. A. are
of the special articles, of which the Report is composed, the only one in which this Department is directly concerned is Exhibit (i.. Apprendis) IIII., which is a memorandum by In Kirkwood, who is, I believe, Legal adviser to the Judicial But in Tokyo,
the Butüsler Colonica in the East. The memerande is mostly composed of statisbris lub it is pleasant to note the high teams, which he speaks of the civil service of the 7. m.s, which he considers to be underpaid, 8 of the malay states fur des (pf 2408242.): Part III is an interesting