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Jecondly, apart from their own personal souaintance with

conditions in a number of dependencies, the Committee had at

their dispoesl the views furnished by the Colonial Governments

in reply to my oireulur despatch of the 27th March 1935,

àvidence from a number of past sud present memuers of the

Colonial Barvice and other persons who were in a position to

speak with special knowledge on various sapacts of their

anquiry, information regarding the practice of commercial

companies which have interests and staff in the Colonies, and

the accumuls ted experience available in the Colonial Office.

The material thus placed before them comprised a wide and

representative range of knowledgs, experience and opinion

which invests their conclusions with peculiar authority,

In these circumstances I feel justified in looking to

Coloniel Covernments enerally to endeavour to accept the

proposals, which the committea has put forward, in their

entirety, both bocuuse they provize in themselves an

authoritative and balanced scheme for the grant of leave and

assage privileges, and because they offer an opportunity

for s further definite former stop in riving practical of act

to the conception of unification. hile therefor: I do not

desire in sny way to restrict the scope of the observationa

which you or sny other „overnor may wish to offer on the

neport, I trust that colorisl Governmenta sa a whole will De

content to adopt the Committee's recommendations generally,

and will not feel it necessary to presa for variations in

their roposals except in so far a thay may require

modification in order to adapt thom more elosoly to local

conditiona