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BRITISH EMBASSY,

WASHINGTON.

RECO READ & MAR

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February 7th, 1900.

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My Lord:-

In my despatch No. 371 of the 26th Decem-

ber, I forwarded to Your Lordship a short and pre-

liminary report issued by the Commission appointed

in January of last year to examine the conditions

existing in the Philippine Islands.

The 1st Volume of the Full Report has now

appeared and I have the honour to inclese it here-

with.

The 2nd Volume which will deal with matters

of the following nature, Geography, Botany, Mineral-

egy, Agriculture, Commerce and the general resources

of the Island, will appear later.

The principal subject dealt with is the

plan of Government submitted by the Commission but

the report also deals with the racial

characteris-

tics,

he Marquees of Salisbury, K.G.,