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IMPERIAL CONFERENCE, 1928 : SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS. 1. PRELIMINARY NOTE. The proceedings of the Conference opened at 10 Downing Street on the 19th October, 1926, and were continued until the 23rd November. During that period sixteen plenary meetings took place, which were normally attended by the following Great Britain. The Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., Prime Minister (Chairman). The Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain, K.G., M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Hon. the Earl of Balfour, K.G., 0.M., Lord President of the Council. The Right Hon. W. S. Churchill, 0.1!.. M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. L. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and Secretary of State for the Colonies. Canada. The Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, C.M.G., M.P., Prime Minister. The Hon. E. Lapointe, K.C., M.P., Minister of Justice. Commonwealth op Australia. The Right Hon. S. M. Bruce, M.C., M.P., Prime Minister. The Hon. Sir Neville Howse, V.C., K.C.8., K.C.M.G., M.P., Minister of Defence and Health. The Hon. J. G. Latham, G.M.G., K.C., M.P., Attorney-General. New Zealand. The Right Hon. J. G. Coates, M.C., M.P., Prime Minister. The Right Hon. Sir Francis Bell, G.C.M.G., K.C., M.L.C., Minister without Portfolio. Union of South Africa. General the Hon. J. B. M. Hertzog, M.L.A., Prime Minister. The Hon. N. C. Havenga, M.L.A., Minister of Finance. Irish Free State. Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, T.D., Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister of Justice. Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister for External Affairs. Mr. James McNeill, High Commissioner in London. Newfoundland. The Hon. W. S. Monroe, M.H.A., Prime Minister. The Hon. A. B. Morine, K.C., M.L.C., Minister without Portfolio. India. The Right Hon. the Earl of Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India and Head of the Indian Delegation. The Maharaja of Burdwan, G.C.1.E., K.C.5.1., 1.0.M. Mr. D. T. Chadwick, C.5.1., C.1.E., Secretary to the Government of India, Commerce Department.

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