Letters approving of the objects of the Conference were received from the following:—

• Aberdeen, The Earl of.
• Anderson, Andrew A.
• Archer, Thomas, C.M.G. (Queensland).
• Arnold, Edwin, C.S.I.
• Austin, Alfred.
• Baden Powell, G., C.M.G.
• Barham, A. H. Foster.
• Barnett, The Rev. S. A.
• Barns, Thomas A.
• Busby, Hon. William, M.L.C., (New South Wales).
• Binny, John (U.S.A.).
• Bompas, H., Q.C.
• Borthwick, Sir Algernon.
• Bousfield, William.
• Broadhurst, H., M.P. for Stoke.
• Bunsen, E. de.page 13
• Burrows, Professor Montagu.
• Caine, W. S., M.P. for Scarborough.
• Campbell, William (late Member of the Victorian Legislative Council).
• Chapman, John.
• Cheetham, J. A., M.P. for North Derbyshire.
• Cook, R. J.
• Coode, Sir John.
• Costelloe, Bernard.
• Currie, Sir Donald, K.C.M.G., M.P. for Perthshire.
• Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan, K.C.M.G., late Premier of Victoria.
• Dunraven, The Earl Of, K.P.
• Elliot, The Hon. Arthur, M.P. for Roxburgh.
• Forster, E. P. Arnold.
• Forster, J.
• Galt, Sir Alexander, G.C.M.G. (late High Commissioner for the Dominion of Canada).
• Gell, Philip L.
• Goldsmid, Sir Julian, Bart.
• Greg, Percy.
• Hampden, Viscount, G.C.B. (late Speaker of the British House of Commons).
• Hanbury, Philip C.
• Heneage, E., M.P. for Grimsby.
• Hicks-Beach, Right Hon. Sir Michael, Bart., M.P. for East Gloucestershire (late Secretary of State for the Colonies and Chief. Secretary for Ireland).
• Hill, A. G. Staveley, Q.C., M.P. for Coventry.
• Hodgson, Arthur, C.M.G. (formerly Premier of Queensland).
• Holton, R.
• Jourdain, Henry J. (Mauritius).
• Knowles, James.
• Lee Warner, Henry.
• Lethbridge, Roper.
• Lloyd, Sampson.
• Lorne, Marquis Of, K.T. (late Governor-General of Canada).page 14
• Ludlow, John.
• Macfie, R. A.
• Macleay, Sir George, K.C.M.G.
• Maskelyne, N. Story, M.P. for Cricklade.
• Mcilwraith, Sir Thomas, K.C.M.G. (late Premier of Queensland).
• Marvin, Charles.
• Merriman, The Hon. J. X. (late Member of the Cape Ministry).
• Montgomerie, H. E. (Canada).
• Napier, Professor (in the University of Gottingen).
• Nicholson, Sir Charles, Bart.
• Ossory, Lord Castletown and.
• Pender, John, M.P. for Wick.
• Plunket, Right Hon. David, M.P. for Dublin University (late Solicitor-General for Ireland).
• Potter, George.
• Reay, The Lord.
• Rothery, G. C.
• Rouquette, A.
• Scotland, Thomas.
• Seeley, Professor.
• Shaftesbury, The Earl of, K.G.
• Shand, Sir Charles Farquhar (late Chief Justice of Mauritius).
• Simmons, A.
• Simpson, J. W.
• Smith, The Hon. Donald (formerly Member of the Dominion Parliament).
• Smith, R. Barr (South Australia).
• Stead, W.
• Tottenham, C.
• Turnbull, Alexander.
• Walker, William (late of the West Indies).
• Wanliss, T. D. (Victoria).
• Watt, The Hon. J. B. (M.L.C. New South Wales).
• Webster, R. G.
• Wells, L. B.
• White, A. Cromwell.page 15
• Wilson, E. D. J.
• Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond, Bart., G.C.M.G., M.P. for Portsmouth.
• Wolseley, Lord, G.C.B. (Adjutant-General of the British Army).
• Youl, James A., C.M.G.

The following are extracts of special interest from letters received by the Committee bearing upon the subject of the Conference:—