...other hand, his Majesty's Government were respectfully urged by the Colonial Premiers to recognise " the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential...or reduction of, duties now or hereafter imposed." The Colonial representatives expressed themselves prepared to recommend to their respective Parliaments...

...that both in 19o2 and in 19o7 ' the Prune Ministers of the ' self-governing Colonies unanimously urged the expediency ' of granting in the United Kingdom...either by ' exemption from or reduction of duties then existing or there' after to be imposed.' The Committee went on to add : ' We think that, regard...

...Colonies which have not already adopted such a policy should, as far as their circumstances admit, give substantial preferential treatment to the products...hereafter imposed. (5) That the Prime Ministers present at the Conference undertake to submit to their respective Governments at the earliest opportunity the...

...wherever this is possible, and it therefore recommends that preferential treatment should be accorded to the products and manufactures of the Colonies, either by exemption from, or reduction of, duties. Such recommendations from the committee, composed as it is of well-known representatives of politics,...

...the Colonial Conference of 1902 the Prime Ministers of the self-governing Colonies unanimously urged the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential...Colonies either by exemption from or reduction of duties then existing or thereafter to be imposed, and that a resolution in the same terms was passed at the...

...their circumstances permit, give substantial preferential treatment to the products and manufacturers of the United Kingdom. || 4. That the Prime Ministers...Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and maiiufactures of the Colonies either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed....

...colonies, it is not practicable to adopt a general system of Free Trade as between the mothercountry and the British Dominions beyond the seas. ' 3. That...imposed. « 5. That the Prime Ministers present at the Conference undertake to submit to their respective Governments at the earliest possible opportunity...

...substantial preferential treatment to the products and manufacturers of the United Kingdom. " (Ф) That the Prime Ministers of the Colonies respectfully...imposed. " (5) That the Prime Ministers present at the conference undertake to submit to their respective Governments at the earliest opportunity the...

...resolution." The resolution adopted by the Colonial Prime Ministers at the Colonial Conference was, " That the Prime Ministers of the colonies respectfully...or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed." l Excepting, however, in the case of alcohol, tobacco, tea, and sugar, there are practically no such...

...preferential treatment was desirable, though it is necessary to add that the colonial prime ministers urged ' the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential...or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.' The colonial representatives were prepared to recommend to their Parliaments, in the case of Canada,...