APPENDICES. 



I.— THE COLONIES. 



It will be instructive ii we give the resolutious 

 which were come to in 1902 iu London by the 

 Colonial Prime Ministers when they were over 

 here discussing in Conference the matter of pre- 

 ferential trade. 



Resolution : — 



" 1. That this Conference recognises that the 

 principle of preferential trade between the United 

 Kingdom and His Majesty's dominions beyond 

 the seas would stimulate and facilitate mutual 

 commercial intercourse, and would, by promoting 

 the development of the resources and industries 

 of the several parts, strengthen the Empire. 



" 3. That this Conference recognises that, in 

 the present circumstances of the Colonie-s, it is 

 not practicable to adopt a general system of 

 Free Trade as between the Mother Country and 

 the British dominions beyond the seas. 



'■ 3. That with a view, however, to promoting 

 the increase of trade within the Empire, it is 

 desirable that those Colonies which have not 

 alread}'- adopted such a policy should, as far as 

 their circumstances permit, give substantial pre- 

 ferential treatment to the products and manu- 

 factures of the United Kingdom. 



