Shipping:

Deferred rebates
Innes 324

question

recom-

with the Seychelles,
mendations for improve-
ment made by Imperial
Shipping Committee, Mac-
kinder 308

Taxation question, Innes 324-5
State enterprises, immunity, atti-
tude respecting, Innes 523
Store purchases:

Difficulties in way of Imperial
preference, Innes 252-3
in London, large proportion,

Innes 253; Winterton 253
Sugar, purchase from Java and
difficulties in way of purchase
at higher price Innes 252
Sukkur Barrage Scheme, Innes,
167

Tariff concessions to, by Great

Britain, New Zealand and
Canada, gratitude for, and
possibilities of reciprocation,
Innes, 197

Tobacco industry Innes 232
Trade:

Effect of war on, Innes 52-3
Import and export statistics,
Innes, 52

Trade Commissioners in, Innes
255

Trade Commissioner's services in
all parts of the Empire
utilised by 258

Trade Facilities Act might be
brought to notice of business
interests in, Innes, 168
Wages, Innes, 195

Wireless :

Livestock 534

Mail services 293
Opening speech 50-5

State enterprises, immunity, 523
Tariff Preference, attitude of
India 231-4

Reuter's, 421-2

of

Judgments, reciprocal enforcement:
Administration of Justice Act,
1920, Hogg 427

Australian Commonwealth pre-
pared to accept principle
Wilson 428

Canadian provinces not yet ready
to accept principle of, Gouin
428
Commercial Awards, enforcement
position Hogg 428

Common Law position Hogg 427
India's position Innes 429
New Zealand's policy Allen 428;
Ormsby-Gore 429

in Newfoundland McGrath 429.
Present position Hogg 427-8.
Resolution, 28, adopted 429
South Africa's position, De Wet
428

Keatinge, Mr., report on cotton
growing in South Africa
referred to, Burton, 164-5

Inspection difficulty and spirit
of act should be adhered to,
King 535-7

Inspection system under Act,
and spirit of Act nullified
by, Graham, 529-31.
Spirit of agreement should be
adhered to King 535
Store cattle, removal of em-
bargo on, Graham 184;
Sanders 526-7
Appreciated and preferences
increased as result of,
King 534-5

alleged Discrimination between
Dominions, Graham 531
Diseases of Animals Act, 1896,
Sanders 526
Implication

of, protests,
Graham 528-9; Bruce 531-2

New Zealand:
Freedom from disease, Massey
532-3

Inspection system Massey 537

Commercial Intelligence 255-6

Concluding speech 580-1

Diplomatic and Consular Services
255

Empire Currency and exchange
442 462 463
Financial co-operation in Imperial
Development, 30-1 151-55 156,

157, 162, 163 169-71 172, 173
Foodstuffs and Raw Materials
179-83 199-203 215 221

Forestry 538-40 543

Great Britain, economic position
of, 27-8

Imperial Communications, 31-2
309, 377, 378

Imperial Economic Committee
32-3, 572-3, 574, 575, 577
Imperial Shipping Committee,
extension of powers depre-
cated at present, 331
Opening speech 27-33

Overseas Settlement, 29-30, 120
Shipping,

income tax 316

Shipping

to

assessment of,

communications,

Economic defence, 438

State enterprises, immunity of
520-2

Steps for improvement of mutual
trade, 32

Tariff preference and British
Government's proposals 31,
174-9, 187, 192, 203, 229, 230
237-8

Thanks to, 579, 580

Trade Commissioners, 255

McGrath, the Hon. Sir Patrick T.,
K.B.E., Member of Legislative
Council, Newfoundland:
Cables, transatlantic, 400
Currency and exchange 454
Concluding speech 580

Financial co-operation in Im-
perial development 173
Imperial Economic

576

Imperial Institute 491
Forestry 543

Committee

Judgments, reciprocal enforce-
ment, 429

Opening speech 49-50

State enterprises, immunity 523
Tariff preference 230

Trade control experiments in
Newfoundland 231

Wireless communications, 399-400
Machines and machinery, imports

into Australia from United
Kingdom 1920-21 and value of
preference on, Bruce 62
Macintosh, Sir William, M.L.A. :
Concluding speech 580
Overseas settlement 119
Mackinder, Sir Halford, Chairman

Imperial Shipping Committee:
Appreciation of work, resolution
16, 331

Durban Dry Dock 327-8
Imperial Shipping Committee
293-309, 330-1

Shipping:

Acceleration of services by
combination of air, sea and
land, scheme, 307-8

All Red Route, 328

Assessment to income tax 309,

326-7

Associations of shippers, value

to be derived from, 327

Bills of lading, 296-9
Coasting voyages 305
Deferred rebates, 299-303
Freights:

Factors governing, 305-6
New Zealand 327
High port charges 305-6
Irritation in shipping world
295-6

Position of industry 309

Rates, relation of migration to,
304-5

Round voyage the economic
unit 304

Size of ships, 306-7 327-8

Statement on 293-309, apprecia-

tion of Innes 324

Subsidies 306-7

Terminal charges 304

recent Improvements, Worthing-
ton-Evans, 284-5

India, services, and regularity
desired rather than increased
speed, Innes 293

New Zealand, conference with
G.P.O. suggested, Worthing-
ton-Evans, 292; agreed to,
Massey, 292

New Zealand, and need for
improvement, Massey 43-4
298-91 321

Penny Post, Imperial:

Appeal for restoration of,
Massey 24, 291-2

Dependent on internal penny
post, Worthington-Evans,
285-6

and possible Revenue loss,
Guinness, 292-3

Post Office Memorandum, 333-39
Rates:

Importance of cheap rates,
Graham 237-8

Resolutions of Imperial Press
Conference, Ottawa, 1920,

Massey, the Right Hon. W. F.-

cont.

Opening Speech 37-45

Penny post 286, 291-2

Public contracts, Imperial Pre-
ference in 252

Record journey 43

Sugar production 41

Sea communications, vital im-
portance of, 319

State enterprises, immunity 523
Tariff preference, 40-1, 189,
219-26 222, 223, 224-226, 241
Wireless communications, 44, 383
397-8, 403

Workmen's compensation 565
Mauritius:

Customs duties on aircraft and
accessories, 362.

Mail service, 337.

Sugar industry and benefit of
Government preference pro-
posals, Ormsby-Gore 197-8.
Unfavourable to Scheme recom-
mended by British Empire
Patent Conference, 433.

Meat Trade:
Australia and New Zealand,
South America's competition
and appeal for consideration,
Massey, 189

Beef industry:

Australian, critical position of
and problem of market
Bruce 214 216-7

Capture of British market by
Argentine, Massey 534
Problem of marketing, in Great
Britain, Massey 220

for British Army and Navy :
Beef contract given to country
outside the Empire, Massey

43
Naval contracts within the
Empire, Amery 251

War Office contracts:

in Frozen meat with Empire
wholly Derby 251

Preserved, position re, Derby

251

Merchandise Marks Act, Amend-
ment, desirability Massey 223,
227

Merchandise Marks Bill and
"Empire Produce," Sanders
227.

Metal Manufactures, imports into
Australia from United King-
dom 1920-21 and value of
preference on, Bruce, 62