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Irish Free State Mr. Sean T. O'Kelly, T.D., Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister of Local Government, and Public Health. Mr. Sean Lemass, T.D., Minister for Industry and Commerce. Dr. James Ryan, T.D., Minister for Agriculture. Newfoundland The Hon. F. C. Alderdice, Prime Minister. The Hon. L. E. Emerson, K.C., Minister of Justice. India Sir Atul C. Chatterjee, K.C.5.1., K.C.1.E., Member of the Council of India. Sir George Rainy, K.C.5.1., K.C.1.E., 1.C.5., Late Member of Council of Governor-General of India, Sir Padamji Pestonji Ginwala, Kt. Mr. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, ML.A., Deputy President, Indian Legislative Assembly. Sahibzada Abdus Samad Khan, C.1.E., Prime Minister, Rampur State. Seth Ilaji Abdoola Haroon, M.L.A. Southern Rhodesia The Hon. H. U. Moffat, C.M.G., M.L.A., Premier. The Hon. P. D. L. Fynn, C.M.G., M.L.A., Treasurer. The Committee beg to submit the following report: 1. Negotiation of Trade Agreements At its first meeting, the Committee decided that the formulation of any proposals which might be submitted to the Delegation of the United Kingdom would be assisted by the constitution of five groups made up of representatives of those Dominions which were interested in: (1) dairy products (including poultry and eggs); (2) meat (including live cattle and pig products); (3) fruit and vegetables; (4) cereals (including flour); (5) metals and minerals. A sixth group on tobacco was formed later on. These groups held numerous meetings and their activities were of great assistance in connection with the bilateral negotiations between the United Kingdom and certain of the Dominions. The results of their studies in respect to each group of commodities were co-ordinated by an informal committee. Inasmuch as the groups and the co-ordinating committee were not constituted as regular sub-committees of the Committee on Trade Promotion, no report was made by them to the Committee. The conclusions which they reached, however, were made available by them for the use of the interested Delegations. 2. General Matters before the Committee The Committee have carefully considered the general questions placed on their agenda concerning general trade and tariff policy and administration as affecting trade within the Commonwealth. Many of these questions were also discussed in the course of the bilateral negotiations. In considering the determination of the percentage of Empire Content necessary to secure preferential tariff treatment, the Committee have briefly examined the statement submitted by His Majesty's Government in Canada summarizing the various regulations at present in force within the Commonwealth governing the percentage of Empire Content necessary to qualify for tariff preferences and the report of the Imperial Economic Committee on " The Definition of Empire Goods." The question was further examined by a subcommittee under the chairmanship of The Right Hon. Walter Runciman. The Committee suggest that the Conference should draw the attention of the several Governments of the Commonwealth to the importance of this subject, and should recommend each of the Governments of the Commonwealth to 51041—2J