Subjects covered by the minutes include the constitution of the conference; the organisation of the Colonial Office; colonial representation on the Committee of Imperial Defence; military defence; naval defence; emigration; naturalisation; double income tax; silver coinage; decimal currency and metric system; imperial court of appeal; preferential trade; imperial surtax on foreign imports; coastwise trade; commercial treaties; trade marks and patents; trade statistics; company law; admitting land surveyors and barristers to practice; international penny postage; imperial cable communication; islands in the Pacific; improvements of mail communication with Australia via Canada; Newfoundland [Canada] fisheries question; wireless telegraphy convention.