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THIRTEENTH DAY.

Thirteenth Day. 8 May 1907.

Held at the Colonial Office, Downing Street, May, 1907. Present: The Right Honourable The EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,.Secretary of State for the Colonies (President). The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurie*, 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 Right Honourable Sir Robert Bond, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Newfoundland. 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. The Right Honourable 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.MiG., K.C.1.E., on behalf of the India Office. Mr. H. W. Just, C.B C-MG.,j Secretaries. Mr. G. W. Johnson, C.M.G., f Mr. W. A. Robinson, Assistant Secretary.

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