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1930. NEW ZEALAND.

CONFERENCE ON THE OPERATION OF DOMINION LEGISLATION AND MERCHANT SHIPPING LEGISLATION, 1929.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

REPORT. PART I.—INTRODUCTION. Preliminary. 1. The proceedings of the Conference opened in London on the Bth October, 1929, and were continued until the 4th December. During that period seventeen plenary meetings were held, which were normally attended by the following :k-.'' United Kingdom. The Right Hon. Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. Sir William Jowitt, K.C., M.P., Attorney-General. Sir Maurice Gwyer, K.C.8., H.M. Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor. Sir E. J. Harding, K.C.M.G., C.8., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Dominions Office. Mr. H. G. Bushe, C.M.G., Assistant Legal Adviser, Dominions Office. Sir C. Hipwood, K.8.E., C.8., Acting Second Secretary, Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Barnes, C.8.E., Solicitor, Board of Trade. Canada. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, K.C., M.P., Minister of Justice. Dr. 0. D. Skelton, Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs. Mr. E. Hawken, Assistant Deputy Minister of Marine. - Mr. C. P. Plaxton, K.C., Senior Advisory Counsel, Department of Justice. Mr. J. E. Read, K.C., Legal Adviser, Department of External Affairs. Mr. Charles J. Burchell, K.C., Member of the Bar of Nova Scotia. Australia. Sir William Harrison Moore, K.8.E., C.M.G. Major R. G. Casey, D.5.0., M.C. New Zealand. Sir C. J. Parr, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for New Zealand. Mr. S. G. Raymond, K.C. Union of South Africa. The Hon. F. W. Beyers, K.C., formerly Minister of Mines and Industries. Dr. H. D. J. Bodenstein, Secretary, Department of External Affairs. Mr. F. P. Van den Heever, Legal Adviser, Department of External Affairs. Irish Free State. Mr. P. McGilligan, T.D., Minister for External Affairs. Mr. J. A. Costello, K.C., Attorney-General. Mr. D. O'Hegarty, Secretary to the Executive Council. Mr.. J. P. Walshe, Secretary, Department of External Affairs. Mr. J. J. Hearne, Legal Adviser, Department of External Affairs. India. Sir Muhammad Habibullah, K.C.5.1., K.C.I. E., Member of the Govern or-General's Executive Council. Sir Basanta Kumar Mullick, Member of the Council of India. Sir E. M. D. Chamier, K.C.1.E., India Office. Mr. W. T. M. Wright, C.1.E., I.C.S.

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