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3. Navigation Law. That it is desirable that the attention of the Governments of the United Kingdom and of the Colonies should be called to the present state of the navigation laws in the Empire and in other countries, with a view to secure uniformity of treatment to British shipping; to prevent unfair competition with British ships by foreign subsidised ships; to secure to British ships equal trading advantages with foreign ships; to secure the employment of British seamen on British ships; and to raise the status and improve the conditions of seamen employed on such ships. SOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND : j 13. Shipping. That the self-governing oversea Dominions have now reached a stage of development when they should be entrusted with wider legislative powers in respect to British and foreign shipping. Papers : —Memoranda. (3), a — c, (4), and (5) in volume of Conference Memoranda.

Subjects which it is suggested might be referred for discussion to a Committee of the Conference : —Labour Exchanges, Enforcement of Arbitration Awards, Uniformity in Copyright, Patents and Trade Marks, and Company Law, Weights and Measures, International Exhibitions. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Labour Exchanges. That the Governments of the various Dominions should consider, in concert with the Imperial Government, the possibility and the best method of utilising the machinery of the national system of Labour Exchanges established in the United Kingdom by the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909, in connection with the notification of vacancies for employment and applications of persons for employment as between the Dominions and the United Kingdom. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM : Enforcement of Arbitration Awards. That the Imperial Government should consider, in concert with the Dominion Governments, whether, and to what extent and under what conditions, it is practicable and desirable to make mutual arrangement,? with a view to the enforcement in one part of. the Empire of Commercial Arbitration Awards given in another part. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND : 12. Uniformity of Laws. That it is in the best interests of the Empire that there should be more uniformity throughout its centres and dependencies in the law of copyright, patents, trade marks, companies. resolution of the government of the commonwealth of australia : 4. Uniformity of Company, Trade Mark, and Patent Law. That it is desirable, so far as circumstances permit, to secure and maintain uniformity in the company, trade mark, and patent laws of the Empire.