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Page XX (31).— Mail Route :— Memorandum ; April, 1911 ... ... ... ... ... 264 XXl.—lncome Tax and Estate Duty and Duties on Colonial Bonds :— 1 (14). Letter from Treasury to the Colonial Office, dated 29th December, 191.0, setting forth the views of the Treasury ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 266 2 (15). Memorandum by Treasury on Resolution as to Death Duties ; 28th February, 1911 267 3 (16). Memorandum by Treasury on Stamp Duty on Colonial ' Bonds ; February, 1911 " 269 XXII (33).—Shipping Conference and Rebates :— Memorandum by Board of Trade ; 24th February, 1911 ... 270 XXlll.—Position of British Indians in the Dominions :— 1. Memorandum by the India Office ; June, 1911 ... ... 272 2. Petition from the Hindu Friend Society of Victoria, British Columbia ; dated 28th April, 1911 279 XXlV.—Legislative Powers in respect of Merchant Shipping :— 1 (30). Telegram from the Governor of New Zealand, dated 11th March, 1911, submitting proposals of his Ministers... 281 2. Miscellaneous Statements as to British and Foreign Shipping and as to the Imports and Exports of the United Kingdom classified by principal groups of Articles ... ... ... 283 XXV (22).— Uniformity of Law in Alien Immigration Exclusion •.— Memorandum by the Home Office ; 2nd March, 1911 ... ... 301

N.B.—Two papers, relating to Military and Naval Defence, are printed separately in [Cd. 5746-2].

Note.—The second figures, in brackets, in the above table indicate the serial numbers borne by the various Memoranda in the volume circulated to Members of the Conference. Where the papers are referred to in the Agenda and Minutes of Proceedings it is to these second numbers that reference is made. The following list shows the numbers which the papers bear as now arranged in this volume : —

(20703—2.) Wt. 11833. G 159. 2000. 7/11. D& S.

Number in Volume circulated to Members. Number in this Volume. 1 2 3 3b 3, c, d, e, 4,1,2,3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 I. XII. III. Ill (2). Ill (3). Ill (4), VII (5). IV. V. VI. VI (7). VII (1). VII (2). VIII. IX. XXI (1).

Number in Volume circulated to Members. Number in this Volume. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 to 28 are confidential 29 30 31 32 is confidential 33 ' ... XXI (2). XXI (3). XIV. XX (1). XVI. XVII. XVIII. XXV. XIX. II. XXIV (1). XX. XXII.