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Sixth Day. 26 April 1907.

SIXTH DAY.

Held at thb Colonial Office, Downing Street, Thursday, 25th April, 1907.

Present: The Right Honourable The EARL OF ELGIN, KG., 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 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 Right Honourable Sir R. Bond, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Newfoundland. The Honourable F. R. Moor, Prime Minister of Natal. 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, X.C.8., 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.B Mr. G. W. Johnson, C.M.G., . Mr. W. A. Robinson, Assistant Secretary. Also present : The Right Honourable Herbert Gladstone, M.P., Home Secretary. The Right Honourable John Burns, MP, President of the Local Government Board. Sir M. D. Chalmers, X.C.8., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office,