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12 June, 1911.] Imperial Appeal Court. [lih Bay. The PRESIDENT— cont. delivery of judgment in this branch or division of the court should be assimilated to the procedure in the other division, as indicated by Mr. Batchelor in the first instance, and assented to by all—Mr. Malan and Sir Joseph, too. Notice ought to be taken of that as being the opinion of the Conference. The LORD CHANCELLOR : Certainly. Mr. FISHER : You will submit, as early as possible, to the Dominions concrete views on that question ? The PRESIDENT : Yes, on all the points arising out of the development of this discussion. Sir JOSEPH WARD : And the resolution stands over for that purpose, or is withdrawn. I have no objection to the latter. The PRESIDENT : Your resolution had better be withdrawn, Sir Joseph. We do not want to divide on it. Sir JOSEPH WARD : No, I concur. The PRESIDENT : Do you withdraw your resolution, Mr. Fisher, and substitute for your resolution the one you have just read ? Mr. FISHER : Yes, I have not drafted it. Mr. BRODEUR : It might be drafted after the meeting. The PRESIDENT : Yes, and submitted. Mr. FISHER : There ought to be added to that resolution words to the effect that a scheme should be submitted by the British Government to the Dominions at a comparatively early date. The LORD CHANCELLOR : Do you mean during the present Conference ? Mr. FISHER: No. The PRESIDENT : As early as practicable. Mr. FISHER : I mean it should not stand over for years. The PRESIDENT : No, we will put it in hand at once. Mr. FISHER : We are quite satisfied with that. I have now drafted a Resolution (handing it in). " Having heard the views of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Haldane, the Conference recommends that the proposals of the Government of the United Kingdom be embodied in a communication to be sent to the Dominions at an early date." Mr. MALAN : Will the resolution or suggestion, as read by the Lord Chancellor, appear on the Minutes, because that is the bottom of the whole discussion ? The PRESIDENT : Yes, that will appear on the Minutes. The LORD CHANCELLOR : I put it as an epitome of what I thought was proposed as a basis. The PRESIDENT: You agree that what the Lord Chancellor read fairly represents the opinion of the Conference, and that will appear on the Minutes.