. Review of reviews and world's work. Peter C. Hains. Rear-Admii-al M. T. Eiidicott. THREE MEMBERS OF THU PANAMA CANAL, COMMISSION. Col. Oswald H. Ernst THE PROGRESS OF THE IVORLD. 521 Harrod, of New Orleans, the well-known Mis-sissippi River expert, is retained from the formercommission. A salary of $7,500 is allowed toeach commissioner, with extra compensation of$22,500 to the president, making the compensa-tion of Mr. Shonts $30,000, and with enoughadded to keep the salary of Mr. Wallace, the chiefengineer, at $25,000, and to bring that of JudgeMagoon, governor of the canal zone,

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. Review of reviews and world's work. Peter C. Hains. Rear-Admii-al M. T. Eiidicott. THREE MEMBERS OF THU PANAMA CANAL, COMMISSION. Col. Oswald H. Ernst THE PROGRESS OF THE IVORLD. 521 Harrod, of New Orleans, the well-known Mis-sissippi River expert, is retained from the formercommission. A salary of $7,500 is allowed toeach commissioner, with extra compensation of$22,500 to the president, making the compensa-tion of Mr. Shonts $30,000, and with enoughadded to keep the salary of Mr. Wallace, the chiefengineer, at $25,000, and to bring that of JudgeMagoon, governor of the canal zone, up to$17,500. Mr. Shonts, as chairman, will doubt-less join Mr. Wallace and Judge Magoon inmaking his personal headquarters at the Isthmus,and the other members of the commission willgo there for quarterly sessions. There is to bea consulting board of nine engineers, to whichMr. Parsons and Mr. Burr of the old. commis-sion have been appointed. Our governmenthas informed, the governments of Great Britain,France, and Germany that it w

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