JHAP. IIT] THE CONFERENCE OF 1911 1549
The resolutions with regard to naval matters are of more
importance. They decide in effect the principles which are
to regulate the organization of the naval forces of the United
Kingdom and the two Dominions, Canada and Australia,
which have adopted the principle of establishing local navies.
In time of peace the naval services and forces of the
Dominions will be exclusively under the control of their
respective Governments, but training and discipline will be
generally uniform ; by arrangement there will be inter-
changes of officers and men between the forces of the
Dominions and those under the control of the Admiralty.
The ships of the Dominion Governments will be styled
His Majesty’s Canadian and His Majesty’s Australian ships
respectively, and they will hoist at the stern the White
Ensign as a symbol of the authority of the Crown, and at
the jack-staff the distinctive flag of the Dominion, and the
fleets will bear the title ‘Royal’. Special stations are
assigned to the Australian and Canadian Governments.
The Canadian Atlantic Station is to include the waters
north of 30° north latitude and west of the meridian of
10° west longitude.
The Canadian Pacific station is to include the waters
north of 30° north latitude, and east of the meridian of
180° longitude.
The Australian naval station is to include :—
On the North. From 95° east longitude by the parallel
13° south latitude to 120° east longitude, thence north to
11° south latitude, thence to the boundary with Dutch
New Guinea on the south coast in about longitude 141° east,
thence along the coast of British New Guinea to the boundary
with German New Guinea in latitude 8° south, thence east
to 155° east longitude.
On the East. By the meridian of 155° east longitude to
5° south latitude, thence to 28° south latitude on the
meridian of 170° east longitude, thence south to 32° south
latitude, thence west to the meridian of 160° east longitude,
thence south.
On the South. By the Antarctic Circle.
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