§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received by telegraph the exact words of the reference to preferential trading in the speech of the Governor-General of Australia on the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament; and, if so, whether he can communicate them to Parliament.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir but I have telegraphed to ask for them.