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The Committee held five meetings. At the first meeting it was decided to set up a Sub-Committee on Procedure, to consider and make recommendations as to the method of dealing with the various questions falling within the terms of reference of the Committee. The Sub-Committee was constituted as follows: —■ Sir Atul Chatterjee, K.C.5.1., K.C.1.E., Member of the Council of India (Chairman) . Canada The Hon. W. A. Gordon, K.C., M.P., Minister of Labour, Minister of Mines, and Acting Minister of Immigration and Colonization. Mr. R. H. Coats, Dominion Statistician, Department of Trade and Commerce. United Kingdom The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. Australia Mr. F. L. McDougall, C.M.G., Economic Adviser to the Commonwealth of Australia in London. New Zealand Dr. R. M. Campbell, Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. Union of South Africa The Hon. A. P. J. Fourie, M.P., Minister of Mines and Industries. Irish Free State Mr. J. P. Walshe, Secretary, Department of External Affairs. Newfoundland The Hon. L. E. Emerson, K.C., Minister of Justice. India Sir Padamji Pestonji Ginwala. Southern Rhodesia Mr. T. G. Gibson, M.8.E., Government Statistician. Joint Secretariat: Mr. H. F. Feaver, Third Secretary, Department of External Affairs, (Canada). Mr. C. G. L. Syers, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, (United Kingdom). The Committee also set up forthwith a Sub-Committee on Industrial Standardization, and, subsequently, on the recommendation of the Sub-Com-mittee on Procedure, further Sub-Committees on Grading and Standards of Agricultural Products, on Industrial Co-operation, and on Films and Radio. The Committee considered the general question of economic co-operation at their third and fourth meetings and had before them a report on existing machinery for economic co-operation, prepared by a special committee constituted by the Sub-Committee on Procedure; this report, together with a supplementary note by the United Kingdom Delegation, is appended. The following statement on the general question of economic co-operation was submitted to the Committee by a special drafting committee: The drafting committee appointed by the Committee on Methods of Economic Co-operation at their last meeting submit the following draft for inclusion in the report of the Committee to the Conference: The Committee has discussed the general question of the methods of economic co-operation within the Commonwealth, including the questions whether or not it is desirable that means should be devised for carrying on between successive Imperial Conferences the economic