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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The Agenda for the Conference of 1911 will be found in [Cd. 5513]. The precis of the proceedings of the Conference is published in [Cd. 5741]. The preliminary correspondence will be found in [Cd. 5273] and papers in [Cd. 5746-1] .and [Cd. 5746-2].

Date. Subject. Page. [ay 23 Opening Meeting. Address by the President, and Replies of the Dominion Prime Ministers Address to the King Publicity of Proceedings Imperial Council 21 28 28 36 lay 25 Imperial Council Organization of the Colonial Office 46 75 rune 1 Declaration of London 97 fane 2 (a) Declaration of London (6) Commercial Relations and British Shipping (c) Navigation Law (d) Labour Exchanges and Emigration (e) Enforcement of Arbitration Awards (/) Uniformity in Law of Copyright, Patents, Trade Marks, Companies,.. (g) Coinage, Weights and Measures (h) International Exhibitions 125 134 144 153 160 162 165 170 fane 8 Proposed Standing Committee of the Conference .. .. .. Interchange of Civil Servants .. .. 173 194 9 (a) Emigration .. (6) Reciprocal Legislation as to Destitute and Deserted Persons 198 206 fane 12 (a) Imperial Court of Appeal (6) Law of Conspiracy 214 244 une 13 (a) Naturalisation (6) Uniformity in Law of Accident Compensation (c) Undesirable Aliens .. , (d) King's Birthday Celebration 249 271 273 274 une 15 (a) Cheapening of Cable Rates (6) Nationalization of Atlantic Cable .. (c) Wireless Telegraphy .. (d) Universal Penny Postage (e) Imperial Postal Orders Arbitration Awards (Committee) 281 291 307 315 323 326 une 16 (a) Commercial Treaties .. (6) Co-operation in Commercial Relations and Appointment of Royal Commission (c) All-red Mail Route .. (d) Income Tax and Estate Duty .. (e) Decimal Coinage (/) Shipping Conferences and Rebates 333 339 344 358 367 372 une 19 (a) Position of British Indians in Dominions (6) Legislative Powers in respect of Merchant Shipping (c) Uniformity in Law of Alien Immigration and Exclusion .. ., (d) Enforcement of Judgments, Orders of Courts of Justice .. (e) Suez Canal Dues 394 400 424 424 425 'une 20 (a) Publication of Proceedings and Papers .. (6) Reciprocal Visits and holding of a Conference in Dominions (c) Concluding Speeches 431 432 435