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this subject has come from the late General Miller, who, when 

 governing Cuzco in 1836, proposed to establish military 

 colonies in the forests to the eastward of the Andes, and thus 

 convert a mischievous and dangerous tool for treason and fac- 

 tion into a means of enriching the country. 



The administration of justice in Peru, though the laws are 

 excellent, and have been codified and ably edited, is so cor- 

 rupt that it is better to pass over the subject with a hope 

 that things may be better in a future generation ; and the 

 police administration, especially round Lima, is disgraceful. 



Much indeed will be required, and much I trust is to be 

 hoped, from the rising generation of young men who are now 

 about to enter upon public life. Many of them have been 

 educated in Europe, a large proportion are well-informed, 

 polished by travel and extensive reading, and ardently desir- 

 ous of distinguishing themselves in the service of the State. 

 In literature they have already displayed considerable in- 

 dustry and ability. The ' Eevista de Lima,' a bi-monthly 

 periodical, contains archaeological, biographical, historical, and 

 financial articles and reviews, generally very ably written, in 

 an enlightened and liberal spirit, and by men who evidently 

 take an earnest view of life. The contributors, among whom 

 are the Senores Lavalle, Ulloa, Pardo, Flores, Masias, and 

 the painter Laso, are all young men with a career before 

 them. It is a good sign, too, that effective steps have been 

 taken to edit and reprint historical materials which have long 

 remained in manuscript, or in scarce old editions. Thus Don 

 Manuel A. Fuentes has recently brought out six most in- 

 teresting volumes containing reports of the administrations 

 of several of the Spanish viceroys of Peru,^ and a new edition 

 of the ' Mercurio Peruano.' His ' Estadistica de Lima ' is also 

 a work which displays considerable merit : and Don Sebastian 



Metiiorias de los Vireijes que huu gobemaclo el Peru. (Lima, lS5i>.) 



