§ MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether at any time during the last three years a suggestion has been made to the Canadian Government, or any members thereof, by His Majesty's Government, or any member of same, with the view of obtaining a contribution toward the maintenance of the Army and Navy; and, if so, whether he will state if the suggestion was favourably received.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and LeamingtonThe question of the relations of the self-governing Colonies, including Canada, to the Imperial Army and Navy was discussed at the Colonial Conference of 1902, and the views expressed by the Canadian Ministers will tie found on pages 73 and 74 of the Parliamentary Paper relating to that Conference. There is no record of any other communication within the period named.