§ MR. JOHN CAMPBELLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will instruct the delegates appointed to represent His Majesty's Government at the Colonial Conference, 1906, to press upon the delegates of the various colonies that, in return for any preference allowed their products in the British markets, it would be advisable that their Governments should make a contribution towards defraying the expenses of the Navy charged with the defence of their coasts.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI think it is premature to deal with the conference, which cannot meet for more than a year hence.