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" development," a difference uhich I fear is not always under- 

 stood ; there is a danger of using new settlers to develop a 

 certain area of land — land that in due course should be de- 

 veloped, but which at the present moment docs not offer the 

 best prospects of success to the settlers ; and therefore it is 

 wrong to send them there. 



The success of the settlers must be the one aim and object, 

 and it is the quickest and surest road to sound development 

 of the land. It is clearly the duty of the Imperial Government 

 to see that no such exploitation takes place. 



(b) IMPERIAL STRATEGY 



So much for the agricultural side of settlement ; but there 

 is another side of the problem of guiding the flow of popu- 

 lation which is of supreme importance ; I refer to what may 

 be termed the strategic side. From the Imperial (and also 

 national) point of view, what portions of the Empire stand in 

 the most immediate need of filling up with settlers of English 

 stock ? 



All the Dominions stand in need of population, but it does 

 not require a lengthy study of the problem to come to the 

 definite conclusion that it is Australia that stands in the 

 supremest need of increasing its population. 



In the case of Canada, following the same line of reasoning, 

 British Columbia has the first claim upon the immigrants to 

 that Dominion. It will be necessary for years to come to en- 

 courage migration to parts of the Empire where population 

 is of most vital importance. 



We have only a limited white population within our vast 

 Empire ; it must be carefully husbanded, and above all every 

 effort must be made to check emigration to foreign countries. 

 We cannot in the present acute crisis afford to lose a single 

 citizen. 



In regard to agriculturists, the situation is even more serious. 

 The Empire comprises over one-c|uartcr of the land surface 

 of the globe. Yet our agricultural population (i.e. all white 



