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No. 20.
CANADA.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF MINTO.
(Sent 10:15 P.M., May 23, 1901.)
TELEGRAM.
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REFERRING to my telegram of 18th May, Court of Appeal Conference, Newfoundland Government wishes to appoint separate delegate; has been informed that His Majesty's Government agrees; Canada therefore should have only one representative.
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DEAR SIR,
No. 29.
SECRETARY TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR to Mr. COX.
(Received June 6, 1901.)
[See No. 28.]
House of Lords, June 6, 1901.
SIR KENNETH MUIR MACKENZIE is engaged on a Committee just now, and so has asked me to say that the Lord Chancellor is of opinion that it would be very desirable that the Crown Colonies should be represented at the forthcoming Conference, and thinks that Sir William Smith would be a very fit representative.
I am, &c.
HUGH BUTLER, Secretary.
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No. 27.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
ACTING GOVERNOR LITTLE TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received 3:20 P.M., May 29, 1901.)
TELEGRAM.
REFERRING to your telegram of 23rd May,† Court of Appeal Conference, my responsible advisers have appointed Justice Emerson Newfoundland representative. Leaves for England this day; arrives on or about 8th June. by mail.
17065.
No. 28.
Despatch follows
MR. COX TO THE SECRETARY TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR,
DEAR MUIR MACKENZIE,
[Answered by No. 29.]
Downing Street, June 4, 1901.
A GOOD deal of anxiety has been shown by some of the Crown Colonics to have a representative at the forthcoming Conference as to the Privy Council, The Crown Colonies do not send much work to the Judicial Committee, but on an average of the last five years they have sent considerably more cases than the Cape and Natal taken together, and both the Cape and Natal will be represcuted at the Conference. Mr. Chamberlain would be very glad to know the views of the Lord Chancellor as to appointing a representative for the Crown Colonies, and if he thinks it would be desirable that they should be represented, probably the best man to appoint would be Sir William Smith, Chief Justice of British Guiana, who is now in this country, Sir W. Smith was Acting Puisne Judge of the Gold Coast in 1880 and 1881, Puisne Judge of Cyprus from 1882 to 1892, and has been Chief Justice of British Guiana since 1898. He has recently acted as President of the Special Court for the trial of rebels in Natal.
Could you kindly let me know, at your early convenience, what are the views of the Lord Chancellor upon the matter ?
Yours faithfully,
19638.
(No. 67.)
No. 30.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
ACTING GOVERNOR LITTLE TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received June 8, 1901.)
Government House, St. John's,
May 27, 1901.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to state, for the information of his Majesty's Government, that my Ministers have had under their serious consideration the correspondence transmitted from the Colonial Office, as well as that received from Lord Minto, Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, on the measures about being proposed for the strengthening of Colonial representation on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
2. As a result of their deliberations, my responsible advisers requested me to cable* you a Minute of Council on the 21st instant, conveying their desire to be permitted to have separate representation at the Conference on the important question referred to.
3. Your telegram of the 23rd instant, in reply to this message, expressed the assent of His Majesty's Government to the proposition forwarded from my Ministers.
4. I am now enabled to inform you that my Ministers have formally named and duly appointed Mr. Justice Emerson, Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of this Island, to act as the representative of this Colony at the Conference so to be convened. 5. Judge Emerson leaves liere to-morrow for England, and expects to be in London on or about the 7th proximo.
6. I have informed the Government of the Dominion of Canada of the course pursued by my Ministers under the circumstances.
I have, &é.
19378.
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No. 31.
JOS. J. LITTLE,
Administrator.
COLONIAL OFFICE TO SIR W. J. SMITH.
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H. BERTRAM COX.
† No. 25.
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SIR,
[Answered by No. 32.]
Downing Street, June 8, 1901. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to inform you that it has been decided that the Crown Colonies should have a separate ropresentative at the
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