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sent by post, or with consignments of goods, from any part 
of the British Empire, to business firms in any other part of 
the British Empire, should be admitted free of duty, provided 
that they are the trade catalogues or price lists of firms or 
persons having no established place of business in the territory 
to which they are sent. 
(B.)—STtATISTICS. 
This Imperial Economic Conference, recognising the 
importance of rendering the trade statistics published by the 
Government of the United Kingdom as valuable as possible 
with reference to the development of inter-Imperial trade, 
recommends that the United Kingdom Board of Trade, after 
reviewing the statistics in question from this point of view, 
should draw up a detailed scheme and submit it to the 
Governments of the several parts of the Empire for their 
consideration. 
(C.)—IMPERIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
Shipping. 
(a) Imperial Shipping Committee. 
It was agreed to adopt the following resolutions : 
(1) 
That this Imperial Economic Conference desires to convey 
to Sir Halford Mackinder, as Chairman of the Imperial Ship- 
ping Committee, and to the Members of that Committee, an 
expression of its appreciation of the very excellent work which 
they have done during the period of the Committee’s existence, 
both in the interests of the commercial and producing com- 
munities, and of British citizens generally. 
(2) 
That this Imperial Economic Conference is of opinion : 
(1) That the work accomplished by the Imperial Shipping 
Committee is convincing proof of the wisdom of its establish. 
ment, and that it is of the highest importance to the Empire 
that this work should continue ; 
(2) That it is, therefore, desirable to maintain the Com- 
mittee on its present basis, deriving authority from, and 
responsible to, the Governments represented in the Imperial 
Conference. 
(b) Carriage of Goods by Sea. 
It was agreed that the following resolution be adopted : 
This Imperial Economic Conference having examined the 
Rules relating to Bills of Lading recommended by the Inter- 
national Conference on Maritime Law held at Brussels in 
October, 1922, and embodied in the Carriage of Goods by Sea 
Bill now before the British Parliament, is of opinion that in all 
essential principles they are based upon the Canadian Water 
Carriage of Goods Act, 1910, and the Report of the Imperial 
Shipping Committee, 1921, and believing that there is a good 
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