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Newfoundland The Hon. F. C. Alderdice, Prime Minister. India Sir Henry Strakosch, G.8.E., Member of the Council of India. Sir George Schuster, K.C.5.1., K.C.M.G., C.8.E., M.C., Member of Council of Governor-General of India Southern Rhodesia The Hon. P. D. L. Fynn, C.M.G., M.L.A., Treasurer. Joint Secretariat: Mr. B. J. Roberts, Department of Finance (Canada). Mr. J. D. B. Fergusson, Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (United Kingdom). Mr. F. H. Boland, Secretary of Legation (Irish Free State). At the opening meetings general statements were submitted by the following Delegations: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Irish Free State, Newfoundland and India. After the delivery of these statements an exchange of views on various aspects of existing financial and monetary conditions took place, as a result of which two questions—one relating to the possibility or desirability of securing a rise in the general levels of wholesale prices and the other relating to the stabilization of currencies within the Empire—were remitted to the SubCommittee. This Sub-Committee was constituted as follows: Hon. C. H. Cahan, K.C., M.P., Secretary of State of Canada (Chairman). Canada Mr. Watson Sellar, Comptroller of the Treasury. Professor W. C. Clark, Financial Adviser. United Kingdom Mr. F. Phillips, C.8., Under Secretary Treasury. Mr. R. N. Kershaw, Financial Adviser. Australia Mr. E. C. Riddle, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Professor L. G. Melville, Economic Adviser to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. New Zealand Ihe Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, M.C., Minister of Public Works, Transport and Employment. The Hon. W. Downie Stewart, Minister of Finance and Customs, etc. Mr. A. D. Park, C.M.G., Secretary to Treasury. Union of South Africa The Hon. N. C. Havenga, M.P., Minister of Finance. Dr. J. E. Holloway, Director of Census and Statistics. Irish Free State Mr. Joseph Brennan, Chairman Currency Commission. Mr. J. J. McElligott, Secretary, Department of Finance. Newfoundland Mr. J. 11. Penson, M.C., Deputy Minister of Finance.