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foreign country, to wish to know what kind of resources it 
possesses. 
The Government, on its part, should know as much as possi¬ 
ble of the antecedents of intending emigrants. 
Other measures will no doubt be subsequently needed, but 
they will perhaps require the intervention of the legislature. 
The reasons which have given rise to the creation of emigra¬ 
tion offices demand that these offices should be organized, at 
least, in those localities towards which emigration will most 
probably be directed in the beginning. 
For the above-mentioned reasons, I have the honor to pro¬ 
pose that your Excellency direct the following steps to be 
taken: — 
1. That agents be appointed in foreign countries to promote 
an emigration into this country of men of our race. 
2. That the towns of Cape Haytian, St. Mark, Port-au- 
Prince, Gonaives, and Cayes, be named immediately as points 
where the emigrants can disembark. This measure to be ex¬ 
tended, if necessary, to Po# de Paix, Miragoane, Jeremie, 
Aquin, and Jacmel. 
3. That emigration offices be opened at Cape Haytian, 
Gonaives, St. Mark, Port-au-Prince, and Cayes. 
4. That two inspectors be named, in the North and South, 
to survey and make a plan of the Government lands. 
5. That a certain number of small frame-houses, which could 
be*feasily put up, be sent for from the States, to be sold to such 
emigrants as may need them. 
6. That each emigration office should have placed at its dis¬ 
posal a building where emigrants may be lodged on arrival, and 
that authority be given to provide for their wants during the 
first eight days after arrival. 
7. Lastly, that 3,000 copies of this report be printed and 
sent to our agents in foreign countries. 
(Signed) F. Jn. Joseph. 
Port-au-Prince, August 6, 1860. 
