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ap of companies, and the question was raised as to the best
method of giving effect to Colonial wills! There were also
raised the questions of the investment of trust funds in
Colonial stock? stamp duties on the transfer of Colonial
inscribed stock, a question on which some concession was
made, the position of unclaimed dividends on Colonial stock,
and questions as to dissolution and pardon which are noticed
above.
It was also considered whether the title of the Crown
should not be changed so as to include a reference to the
Colonies, but on reference to the Colonial Governments it
was ascertained that there was no strong desire for this.3
Another subject which was raised was the question of the
marriage of a deceased wife’s sister, but no result was arrived
at then. In 1907, however, the matter was settled by the
passing of the Imperial Act.
§ 2. Tue CorLoNIAL, CONFERENCE Or 1894
The next Colonial Conference—that of Ottawa in 1894—
arose in the main out of proposals made in 1887 as to the
laying of a cable to connect Australasia and Canada, and
was hardly a full Colonial Conference. The invitation to the
Conference was issued by the Canadian Government and not
by the Colonial Office. There were present representatives
of the Dominion of Canada, the Governments of New South
Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland,
New Zealand, and the Cape of Good Hope, and Lord J ersey
represented Her Majesty's Government. The representation
of the Cape gave much gratification, as the question of the
cable had not specially referred to the Cape. The resolutions
passed included the following : That provision should be
made by Imperial legislation enabling the dependencies of
the Empire to enter into agreements of commercial recipro-
city, including power of making differential tariffs, with
Great Britain or with one another.’ Secondly, That any
! See the Colonial Probates Act, 1892 (55 Vict. c. 6).
* Arranged in 1900 ; see Parl. Pap., H. L. 189, 1877; C, 6278 (1890-1) ;
H. I. 169, 1892; H. C. 276, 1893; H. C. 300, 1900.
* It was altered in 1901; see Cd. 708; 1 Edw. VIL. c. 15.
