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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS.

The Agenda proposed for the Conference of 1907 will be found in [Cd. 3337] and further papers were published in [Cd. 3340]. The Summary of the Proceedings of the Conference and the Precis are published in [Cd. 3404] and [Cd. 3406], The preliminary correspondence will be found in [Cd. 2785] and [Cd. 2975].

Date. Subjects. Page. Page. I April 15 Opening Meeting. Address by the Prime Minister welcoming the Colonial Prime Ministers, and their replies. Position of Colonial Ministers other than Prime Ministers 3 April 17 Constitution of the Conference. Organization of Colonial Office 24 April 18 a. Constitution of the Conference .. b. Colonial representation on Committee of Imperial Defence .. 49 83 April 20 a. Constitution of the Conference .. 6. Military Defence 86 94 April 28 a. Military Defence b. Naval Defence 122 128 April 25 a. Emigration .. .. .. .. .. b. Naturalisation .. .. .. .. c. Double Income Tax .. .. .. .. .. d. Profit on Silver Coinage e. Decimal currency and Metric System 152 178 183 190 192 April 26 Imperial Court of Appeal 199 April 30 Preferential Trade .. .. .. .. 227 May 1 Preferential Trade .. .. ■.. .. 252 May 2 Preferential Trade .. .. .. .. Imperial Surtax on Foreign Imports .. .. 295 351 May 6 Preferential Trade 356 May 7 Preferential Trade and Commercial Relations 399 May 8 a. Imperial Surtax on Foreign Imports b. Coastwise Trade c. Commercial Treaties d. Naval Defence e. Uniformity in Trade Marks and Patents .. /. Uniformity in Trade Statistics .. g. Uniformity in Company Law .. .. .. h. Reciprocity in admission of Barristers to practice .. .. t. Reciprocity in admission of Land Surveyors to practice 443 445 467 469 484 490 491 491 502 May 9 a. Proposal for a surtax on Foreign Imports to create Common Fund for Imperial purposes .. .. .. .. '< b. International Penny Postage c. Imperial Cable Communication .. d. Naturalisation e. Naval Defence .. .. .. .. .. j /. Double Income Tax g. Profit on Silver Coinage .. .. .. .. h. Islands of the Pacific .. .. .. .. .. j 509 529 533 533 541 543 546 548 Mav 11 May 14 a. Improvement of Mail Communication with Australasia, via Canada b. Newfoundland Fisheries Question c. Wireless Telegraphy Convention.. d. Organization of Colonial Office. Interchange of Permanent Staff 565 587 601 611