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Emigration —cont. Labour, white and coloured, relative advantage, pp. 158, 159, 161, 164, 165. !"m Relative cost, pp. 164, 165, 167. f- Means of extending, pp. 172, 174-178. Queensland sugar plantations (employment of white labour), pp. 156-160. United States, emigration to, compared with Canada, p. 170. His Majesty the King, message from, and reply, pp. 3, 4, 23. Income Tax, Double, pp. 183-190, 196-198. De Beers Company, pp. 184-186, 188-189. Interchange of Permanent Staff, pp. 611-621. Land Surveyors, reciprocity in admission of, to practice, pp. 502-506. Mail Communications, improvement of, with Australasia via Canada, pp. 565-586, and see under Preferential Trade. * Metric System, pp. 192-195. Naturalisation, Imperial, pp. 178-182. and pp. 533-541. Navigation Conference. See Shipping Conference. Newfoundland Fishery question, pp. 587-600. New Hebrides Convention, pp. 548-563. Organization of Colonial Office, pp. 611-621. See Colonial Office under Constitution of Conference. Pacific, British Interests in the, pp. 548-563. Patents, uniformity in, pp. 484-489. Penny Postage, International, pp. 529-533. Preferential Trade, pp. 33, 228, 432, 434-441. British exports of manufactured goods, pp. 364, 365. British shipping, British goods carried in, p. 433. Duties on food and raw materials, pp. 233, 266, 318-322, 347, 405, 406. Duties on wine, spirits, and tobacco, pp. 286-289, 291, 320, 321, 343, 345-347, 350, 417. Commercial representatives in British Colonies, pp. 272-274, 323, 390. Communication with Australasia via Canada, pp. 276-279, 323, 344, 565-586. Dumping, pp. 242, 243. Fiscal independence of Colonies, pp. 306, 307. Foreign trade subsidised, pp. 243-245, 249, 250, 270, 290, 322, 391-395. Free Trade within the Empire, pp. 318, 408, 423. Government Contracts, preference to British manufacturers, p. 348. Imperial and foreign trade statistics, pp. 239-251, 256-7, 264-5, 267-8, 286, 298-301, 311-2, 318-9, 327-330, 332, 338, 350, 364 seq., 410, 416, 441. Import duties on corn, pp. 381, 383. Increase of Cotton Trade, p. 386. Inter-imperial communication; improved, pp. 174, 238, 263, 274-9, 292-3, 323, 351, 352, 390-396, 400, 407, 509-529. Intermediate tariff (Canada), p. 288, 414. Market, British, value of, pp. 235, 255.

Preferential Trade —cont. Political effect of system of preference, pp. 400 seq., 419 seq. Preference not Protection, nor intended to raise price of food, pp. 266, 269, 321, 324, 326. Protected Countries, British trade with, pp. 310, 375. Reciprocal preference between Colonies, pp. 258-9, 262, 281, 283, 287-288, 304, 347, 484. Restriction of preference to goods in British Shipping, pp. 260, 314. Retaliation, pp. 248, 254, 256, 310. Shipping, British, pp. 237, 308, 329, 389. Subsidies to shipping, pp. 174, 176, 177, 263, 270-1, 274, 290, 328, 339, 391, 392, 396. Suez Canal Dues, pp. 263, 274-276, 323. Surtax on foreign imports for Imperial purposes, pp. 231-2, 281, 283-4, 324, 351-4, 443-446, 509-529. Tariffs, Colonial Preferential— Australia, pp. 257-262, 293, 313--316, 325-6, 342-3. South Africa, pp. 263, 281-286, 304, 312, 320, 348, 361. Canada, pp. 234, 288, 312-3, 409, 413, 414. New Zealand, pp. 259, 261-2, 266-7, 312. India, pp. 236, 297-303, 345. Treaty questions and preferential trade, pp. 292, 293, 350. Wages and hours of labour in United Kingdom and protectionist countries, p. 375. Wheat, price of, affected by duty, pp. 376--380. White Labour Clause in Australian Preference Bill, pp. 260, 293, 301-2, 314, 325, 331-2. Publication of Proceedings, pp. 8-9, 13, 18-22, 102, 111-112, 117, 120, 351, 541. Resolutions of Conference. See p. v. Submitted to Conference. See [Cd. 3337]. Mr. Seddon, Resolution of regret at death of, p. 48. Shipping Conference, pp. 6, 10, 21-2, 302, 328, 447, 450, 454, 456. Silver Coinage, profits on, pp. 190-192, 546, 547 ; Colonial Mints, 191. South African Federation, pp. 12, 78, 113-4, 145, 147, 270, 286, 339. Stamp Charges on Colonial Bonds, pp. 195, 196. State and Provincial Governments in Australia and Canada, position of, pp. 92-94. Surveyors, Reciprocity in admission of, to practice, pp. 502-506. Stock Act, Colonial, pp. 195, 196. Trade Marks, Uniformity in, p. 488. Trade Statistics, Uniformity in, p. 490. Treaties, Consultation of Colonies, pp. 41, 42, 483. I Treaty Obligations, pp. 467, 483. Wireless Telegraphy Convention, pp. 601-610.

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