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FIFTH DAY.

Held at the Colonial Office, Downing Street, Tuesday, 23rd April, 1907

Present : The Right Honourable The EARL OF ELGIN, K.G., Secretary of State for the Colonies (President). The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Canada. The Honourable Sir F. W. BorDen, K.C.M.G., Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada). The Honourable L. P. Brodeur, Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Canada). The Honourable Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Honourable Sir William Lyne, K.C.M.G., Minister of State of Trade and Customs (Australia). The Honourable Sir Joseph Ward, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of New Zealand. The Honourable L. S. Jameson, C.8., Prime Minister of Cape Colony. The Honourable Dr. Smartt, Commissioner of Public Works (Cape Colony). The Honourable F. R. Moor, Prime Minister .of Natal. The Right Honourable Sir R. Bond, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Newfoundland. General The Honourable Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Transvaal. Mr. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir Francis Hopwood, K.C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir J. L. Mackay, G.C.M.G., K.C.1.E., on behalf of the India Office. Mr. H. W. Just, C.8., C.M.G., j j , Secretaries Mr. G. W. Johnson, C.M.G., f Jomf decretaries - Mr. W. A Robinson, Assistant Secretary. Also present : The Right Honourable R. B. Haldane, K.C., M.P., Secretary of State for War. Colonel G. F. Ellison, C.8., Principal Private Secretary. AND The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty. Captain Ottley, M.V.0., R.N., Director of Naval Intelligence. Mr. W. Graham Greene, C.8., Assistant Secretary of the Admiralty

Fifth Day. 23 April 1907