The following is a circular which has been sent to us by the Secretary' of the London Chamber of Commerce for publica-
Council of the London Chamber of Commerce desiring to ascertain what measures can be recommended whereby Imial Federation can be practically carried effect, offer a prize of £50 for Ute best bent army formal ting a practical working plan fur the Federation of the Colonies and the Mother Country. Avy Besay aboutd, therefore, only treat with practical auggesti 1 alterations of the Co1 nid other paris of the Government of the Kumpire and its constituent portions, adaptable to
tions, tary and Representative Lustitu-
The following are the conditions to which all competitors will have to conform (1) Compztitors.—T'he - mpotition shall be open to any subject of Her Majesty renid-Great Britain and Ireland, the or any, country, without restriction, (2) Length of Bssxys and Language.—"he Esraye should not exceed in length 75 pages of foolscap, having " clear margin of two es to the left of the paper. Writing should be on one side. of the paper only, and of legible character. IMlygible ur partially illegible manuscript will be rejected.
English language only should be (3) Time atloved.—All Kesays must be in the hands of the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, at 84-85, King Willinm Street, London, B.C. whether from the United Kingdom or the Colonies, by August the Slat, 1886, (4) Identification of Papers. ~The writer's ame must not appear on any part of the Kewxy manuscript. Keh Kesay should luxe a motto of @ tive character attached, or t lose than five fixures, An envelope must then be sent, having "similar motto or number on the exterior, and enclosing, under soul, the welter's real name and address, Each envelope sent should be marked in the loft hand coruer—" Imperial Vederation 1.G.; Profemor J. K. Seeley, B.A.
Judges, Sir Alexander Galt, Froude will be the thee ciges to whom Kavnys will be submitted.
will their power, and without prejudice to their decision, to appoint a Committee of Selection, in urdee to facilitate tive judging (6) Finality of Decision.—he selection of the Judges sliull be final, and the writer whose Essay is chosen by them as the best will be entitled to revive the Prize of (7) Property in Bssays.—All Bi in to compete for the Prizg will b absolute property of the London Chamber of Commerce, which body reserves to itself the right'of publishing the successful, or any, or all of the Kaaxys, Manuscripts will, therefore, be returned only at the discretion of the Counci The Council do not Lind themselves to award the Prize in the event of the Judges expressing an opinion that it would be unadvisable to do TREATY REVISION IN JAPAN, The Japan Oficial Gazette announces that on the Ist of May, at two o'clock pam. the Com rs with plenary power of the respective Ireaty Powers (with the exception of Chinn)—Japan bax Ing represented by Count Inouye, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, as the principal Comm ud Mr. Oki, Vice-Mi xe an Aasi at the Foreign Office, to open the Conference for the revision of Treaties betwee this country and the various'
Count Inouye delivered the following perial Messayo:-—" Before commencing the discussion of the subject calling us together, wish to di pleasant duty, in accordance with orders from His Majesty the Ewperor, namely, to aumouuce that L have been instructed by His Imperial Majesty to communicate to the respective Commi sioners that he is gratified with the ing of this Conference and to exp desire that it may accomplish results must satisfactory tw the various Powere in-in." Afterwards, prelimin-sas to the organization of the
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