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ment Board have no observations to make, but no replies have yet been received from the Board of Trade or the Home Office.
It is presumed that in any case His Majesty's Government could not undertake to carry through Parliament a law which would make it a criminal offence to conspire to evade any of the laws regarding commerce of a self-governing Dominion or a Colony. His Majesty's Government have in practice ceased to exercise any control over legis- Jation of the Dominions in commercial matters, and they could not accept the responsibility of approving of all such legislation to the extent of such legislation making a conspiracy to evade criminal.
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On the other hand His Majesty's Government will no doubt be willing to consider whether legislation would be appropriate in any definite set of circumstances and in particular presumably the offer of Hong Kong to legislate as suggested by the Attorney-General and of the Straits Settlements to increase the penalties of stowing. away may be accepted.
Imperial Conference Secretariat, May 10, 1911.
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