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51. Consideration of proposed Official Code Vocabulary ■. 52. Registration of Code or abbreviated Addresses (Uniformity of Regulations). 53. Telegraph Code—Alteration of. 54. Rate on Telegraph Messages to and from New Caledonia. 55. Fire Alarms—Regulations, &c. 56. Rectifying Telegrams or Repeats for corrections. 57 Name of Terminal Country to be given in Foreign Telegrams. 58. Reply Paid Telegrams—Mode of accounting for 59. Cablegrams "on Service." 60. Repeated Telegrams—Uniform mode of dealing with. 61 Question of precedence of Press Cable Messages. Miscellaneous. , 62. Consideration of Second Report of Electric Light and Power Leads Committee. 63. Standard Time. 64. Telephone List: Patent arrangement of Alphabetical Index. The Hon. Joseph Cook moved, and the Hon. Ai J. Thynne seconded—That all the subjectsexcepting Nos. 1,2,5, 46, 48, 49, 61, and 63 be referred to the Heads of Departments as a Sub-Committee to report as soon as possible. Other subjects to be dealt with by the Conference in order as printed. Carried. The Conference adjourned at 11-55 a.m. until 2-30 p.m.

AFTERNOON SITTING On the Conference resuming at 230 p.m., Hon. J A. Cockburn moved, Hon. A. J Thynne seconded—That this Conference adjourn until to-morrow at 10 o'clock. Motion carried, and the Conference adjourned accordingly JOHN GAVAN DUFFY, President. Thos. C. Just, Secretary

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HOBART

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1895. The Conference met at 10 a.m., when the under-mentioned gentlemen, representing theColonies herein named, were present: — Nciv South Wales: The Hon. Joseph Cook, M.P., Postmaster-General. S. H. Lambton, Esq., Deputy Postmaster-General. Victoria: The Hon. John Gavan Duffy, M.L.A., Postmaster-General. James Smibert, Esq., Deputy Postmaster-General. South Australia The Hon. J A. Cockburn, M.P., Minister of Education, Sec. &c. Sir Charles Todd, K.C.M.G., Postmaster-General. Queensland: The Hon. A. J Thynne, M.L.C., Postmaster-General. Jno. M'Donnell, Esq , Under Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department and Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs. Tasmania Hon. P 0 Fysh, M.H.A., Treasurer and Postmaster-General. H. V .Bayly, Esq., Secretary to the Post Office. New Zealand: The Hon. J G Ward, M H.R., Colonial Treasurer PostmasterGeneral, and Electric Telegraph Commissioner William Gray, Esq., Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department. The President suggested that, to meet the convenience of the Hon. Mr. Ward, they might alter the order of business. The Hon. P O Fysh (by leave moved—That such business as the Hon. Postmaster-General of New Zealand may desire to submit to the Conference take precedence. The Hon. Joseph Cook seconded. Carried.