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THIRD DAY.

Held at the Colonial Office, Downing Street, Thursday, 18th April, 1907.

Present : The Right Honourable The EARL OF ELGIN, K.G , Secretary of State for the Colonies (President). The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Canada. The Honourable Sir F. W. Borden, K.C.M.G., Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada). The Honourable L. P. Brodeur, Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Canada). The Honourable Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Sir William Lyne, K.C.M.G., Minister of State for Trade and Customs (Australia). The Honourable Sir Joseph Ward, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of New Zealand. The Honourable L. S. Jameson, C.8., Prime Minister of Cape Colony. The Honourable Dr. Smartt, Commissioner of Public Works (Cape Colony). The Honourable F. R. Moor, Prime Minister of Natal. General The Honourable Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Transvaal. Mr. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir Francis Hopwood, K.C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir J. L. Mackay, G.C.M.G., K.C.1.E., on behalf of the India Office. Mr. H. W. Just, C.8., C.M.G., ) , . Secretaries Mr. G. W. Johnson, C.M.G., [ Jmnt ecretaries - Mr. W. A. Robinson, Assistant Secretary. Also present : Sir G. S. Clarke, G.C.M.G., Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Captain J. R. Chancellor, D.5.0., RE., Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee.

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Third Day. 18 April 1907