The official report of the proceedings of the Imperial Con-
ference issued on Monday announced that a resolution bad been unanimously adopted with regard to the style and con- stitution of the Conference and the establishment of a permanent secretariat. The resolution recommends that the Conference should be called the Imperial Conference, and that it should be held every four years. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be en-officio President, and the Prime Ministers of the self-governing Colonies es-officio members. The Secretary of State for the Colonies will be an en-officio member, and will preside in the absence of the President. Such other Ministers as the respective Governments may appoint will also be members of the Conference, each discus- sion to be conducted—except by special permission of the Conference—by not more than two representatives from each Government, each Government to have only one vote. The resolution further affirms the desirability of establishing a permanent secretarial staff, charged, under the direction of the Secretary for the Colonies, with the duty of obtaining information for the use of the Conference, of attending to its resolutions, and of conducting correspondence on matters relating to its affairs.
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