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ground was laid for closer co-operation between it and the Mother-Country. The 

 question of the emigration of ex-service men was discussed with Mr. Scammell, and the 

 Committee undertook to help on his movement. 



The following is a list of some of the subjects recently discussed by the 

 Committee : — 



(a) The statutory limitations as to the expenditure per head on the emigration 



of children. 

 (h) The emigration of ex-service men to Australia. 



(c) Emigration of children to Australia and British Columbia. 



(d) The action of Boards of Guardians as to the success attending the emigration 



of Poor-Law children. 



(e) The charges on emigrants, and steamship accommodation. 



(f) The contributions made under the National Insurance Act, 1911, by emigrants 



to Approved Societies in this country, and the transfer value to Colonial 

 Societies. 



(g) The drafting of a scheme for the establishment of a Koyal Colonial Institute 



Bureau of Migration. 



The Standing Emigration Committee is consultative and not executive. It aims 

 at co-ordinating the work of all Emigration Societies and is prepared to act in an 

 advisory capacity when matters are referred to it. It looks to some form of 

 co-operation being secured between the Home Government and the Dominions, and 

 it is in a position to approach the different departments of the former in all matters 

 relating to emigration. 



XXIII.— " AFTER THE WAR" EMPIRE SETTLEMENT AND 

 RURAL EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE. 



The above Committee has been formed, as the result of an informal meeting of 

 Fellows of the Institute, held on March 4, 1915 (Earl Grey in the chair), when a resolution 

 was passed requesting the Coimcil to appoint a Committee " to give its earnest and 

 immediate attention to the subject of employment of ex-service men, on the land and 

 otherwise, at home and Overseas, after the war ; also to form a Committee for the 

 purpose of taking the necessary steps to approach the Home Government and the 

 Governments of the Dominions thereon." 



This Committee has held several meetings for discussion of the policy to be advocated, 

 and a request has been sent by the Chairman to the Prime Minister that he would receive 

 a deputation from the members for the consideration of the subject. 



XXIV.— Wi-.R SERVICES COMMITTEE. 



Within a few days of the outbreak of the war this Committee was constituted 

 as a result of a meeting of Fellows convened, under authority of the Council, by Mr. 

 Coleman P. Hyman, for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to place 

 at the disposal of the authorities the services of Fellows of the Institute wishing to 

 serve in various capacities during the war. Sir Godfrey Lagden, K.C.M.G., who then 



