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SCHEDULE (B). Australia. The Australian Naval Station will include— On the North. —From 95° east longitude by the parallel of 13° south|latitude to 120° east longitude, thence north to 11° south latitude, thence to the boundary with Dutch New Guinea on the south coast in about longitude 141° east, thence along the coast of British New Guinea to the boundary with German New Guinea in latitude 8° south, thence east to 155° east longitude. On the East. —By the meridian of 155° east longitude to 15° south latitude, thence to 28° south latitude on the meridian of 170° east longitude, thence south to 32° south latitude, thence west to the meridian of 160° east longitude, thence south. On the South. —By the Antarctic Circle. On the West. —By the meridian of 95° east longitude.

No. 11. REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE CONVENED TO DISCUSS DEFENCE (MILITARY) AT THE WAR OFFICE. 14th and 17th June, 1911. Chairman : General Sir William Nicholson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Members : Brigadier-General H. H. Wilson, C.8., D.5.0., Director of Military Operations. Brigadier-General L. E. Kiggell, C.8., Director of Staff Duties. Major-General A. J. Murray, C.8., C.V.0., D.5.0., Director of Military Training. Colonel J. Adye, C.8., General Staff. Colonel W. H. Bowes, General Staff. Dominion of Canada — The Honourable Sir F. W. Borden, K.C.M.G., Minister of Militia and Defence. Major-General C. J; Mackenzie, C.8., Chief of the General Staff, Dominion 'of Canada. Colonel S. Hughes, M.P., Railway Intelligence Officer. Commonwealth of Australia — The Honourable G. F. Pearce, Minister of Defence. Commander S. A. Pethebridge, Secretary to the Department of Defence. Dominion of New Zealand — The Honourable J. G. Findlay, K.C., LL.D., Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. Union of South Africa — The Honourable F. S. Malan, Minister of Education. A Committee constituted as above appointed to consider various subjects in connection with the military defence of the Empire met at the War Office on Wednesday, 14th June, and Saturday, 17th June, when the following matters were considered and conclusions arrived at :— (A.) —The Co-operation of the Military Forces of the Empire. The Committee agreed that, in view of the fact that the representatives of the self-governing Dominions at the Imperial Defence Conference of 1909 signified their general concurrence in the proposition " That each part of the Empire is willing