Ninth Day. 1 May I!»C>7.

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NINTH DAY.

Held at the Colonial Office, Downing Street, Wednesday, Ist May, 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 W. Lyne, K.C.M.G., Minister 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. 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.8., C.M.G.J, . w . Mr. G. W. Johnson, CM.G, omt aecretanes. Mr. W. A. Robinson, A ssistant Secretary. Also present : The Right Honourable H. H. Asquith, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Honourable D. Lloyd George, M.P., President of the Board of Trade. Mr. W. Runciman, MP., Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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