War Indemnities.

The President said: I have to inform the Council that I have received the following message from His Excellency the Governor:—

No. 6.—The Governor, in compliance with the resolution passed by the Council on the 4th inst., has the honour to inform the Federal Council that copies of the said resolution relating to the indemnification of persons whose property may be sacrificed in case of war, for the purpose of preventing aid to an enemy's force, will be forwarded to the Governors of the other Australasian colonies by first opportunity.