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(G.)—1If a scheme is drawn up which will be universally
 applicable to the different nations of the Empire,
Free Trade between the different membersof the Empire
sught to be the logical conclusion. There ought to be
a way by which the different States of the Empire
should be open to the trade of all without let or
hindrance, just as commerce is free throughout the
United States.

4. What is your opinion of —
(a) State-aided emigration ;
(b) Steamship subsidies ;
(c) Loans to aid development of varlways, waterways,
 &amp;c., to improve and cheapen means of
transport to the coast, by the Imperial Governwent
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(Ay—1 am in favour of these and all similar means of
developing the resources of the Empire, provided they
are not made unduly burdensome to the taxpayers
~f any section.

(B.) State-aided Emigration : 1f the emigrants are
+f the right class the colonies would of course be benefted.
 Experience, I fancy, is against the value to the
colonies of State-aided emigration, because it has
generally been a process of getting rid of individuals
who, for one reason or another, are incapable of
earning a living, and thus of turning over to the
colonies all responsibility for their future. The colonies
 might help themselves through a scheme of
State-aided immigration by loans to capable young
farm hands, to be secured on the land granted to them.
Steamship Subsidies : The Imperial Government
might do much by aiding ocean steamship services
between different parts of the Empire, when such
routes are really routes which, geographically regarded,
aught to be successful.

As to loans to aid the development of rail and
nternal waterways, I do not see that the colonies need