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" That the Imperial Government be requested to co-operate with any Colonies desiring immigrants in assisting suitable persons to emigrate"; That the Secretary of State for the Colonies be requested to nominate representatives of the Dominions to the Committee of the Emigrants' Information Office. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND : 1 (14) Reciprocity Destitute Persons Act. That in order to relieve both wives and children and the poor relief burdens of the United Kingdom and her Dependencies, reciprocal provisions should be made throughout the constituent parts of the Empire with respect to destitute and deserted persons. Papers : —Memorandum* by the President of the Local Government Board. Memorandum of the history and functions of the Emigrants' Information Office "([CM. 3407], 1907). Memoranda, &c, numbered (17) in volume of Conference Memoranda. MONDAY, JUNE 12th.—PLACE OF MEETING : FOREIGN OFFICE, 11 A.M. IMPERIAL COURT OF APPEAL. LAW OF CONSPIRACY. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA : (11) Imperial Appeal Court. That it is desirable that the judicial functions in regard to the Dominions now exercised by Judicial Committee of the Privy Council should be vested in an Imperial Appeal Court, which should also be the final Court of Appeal for Great Britain and Ireland. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND : (11) Imperial Court of Appeal. That it has now become evident, considering the growth of population, the diversity of laws enacted, and the differing public policies affecting legal interpretation in His Majesty's oversea Dominions, that no Imperial Court of Appeal can be satisfactory which does not include judicial representatives of these oversea Dominions. RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA : (8) The Law of Conspiracy. That the members of this Conference recommend to their respective Governments the desirableness of submitting measures to Parliament for the prevention of acts of conspiracy to defeat or evade the laws of any other part of the Empire; that the Imperial Government make similar representations to the Governments of India and the Crown Colonies. Papers : —Memorandum No. 18 in volume of Conference Memoranda; Despatach from Governor-General of the Commonwealth, No. ]9, in same volume.

* Published in separate Parliamentary Paper,