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FOURTH DAY. Friday, 2nd June, 1911. The Imperial Conference met at the Foreign Office at 11 a.m. PRESENT: The Right Honourable H. H. ASQUITH, K.C., M.P., President of the Conference. The Right Honourable L. Harcourt, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Right Honourable Sydney Buxton, M.P., President of the Board of Trade. T. McKinnon Wood, Esq., M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Canada. The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G., Prime Minister of the Dominion. The Honourable L. P. Brodeur, K.C., Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Australia. The Honourable A. Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth. The Honourable E. L. Batchelor, Minister of External Affairs. The Honourable G. F. Pearce, Minister of Defence. New Zealand. The Right Honourable Sir Joseph G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister of the Dominion. The Honourable J. G. Findlay, K.C., LL.D., Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. Union of South Africa. General The Right Honourable L. Botha, Prime Minister of the Union. The Honourable F. S. Malan, Minister of Education. The Honourable Sir David de Villiers Graaff, Bart., Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs. Newfoundland. The Honourable Sir E. P. Morris, K.C., Prime Minister. The Honourable R. Watson, Colonial Secretary. Mr. H. W. Just, C.8., C.M.G., Secretary to the Conference. Mr. W. A. Robinson, Senior Assistant Secretary. Mr. A. B. Keith, D.C.L., Junior Assistant Secretary. There were also present : Lord Lucas, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir Francis Hopwood, G.C.M.G., X.C.8., Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir C. P. Lucas, K.C.M.G., C.8.. Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies;