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finding suitable farmers — farmers who would be capable of 

 training the men for their work on small farms. 



It must be remembered that the majority of farmers who 

 would employ immigrants would have farms of considerable 

 size, and the methods of cultivation employed, far from assist- 

 ing the small settler, might often put him on quite the wrong 

 track. So that somehow or other he should be enabled to 

 go through a course at a college, if only a short course. 



In some ways, however, the ideal training is the training a 

 man receives on his own holding, when this is situated in a 

 properly organized colony with a first-rate superintendent. 

 This is the method adopted by the Australian Farms, Ltd., in 

 their Settlement at Tresco, Victoria. 



In all dealing with immigrants the " human touch " is 

 of great importance, and it is difficult for Government Depart- 

 ments to provide this. 



It would be of much assistance if in each Dominion there 

 existed a strong voluntary association, one of whose duties 

 would be to " follow up " the new arrival ; it seems probable 

 that some such body will be started in Australia. 



The foundation of a successful settlement must ever rest 

 upon the wise and careful selection of the settler, his women 

 folk not being overlooked if he has any, 



Canada has appointed its selection authority in the United 

 Kingdom ; New Zealand and Australia will sooner or later 

 do the same. 



In the case of Australia it seems probable that each State 

 will want to have its own selection committee, and we shall 

 be overdone with selection committees ! 



Throughout my tour the need of a strong central and 

 Imperial migration authority increasingly enforced itself 

 upon me. 



There is the newly created Oversea Settlement Committee, 

 a step in the right direction, but it is not sufficient ; an 

 authority with much greater powers is needed. The Com- 

 mittee itself recognizes this, vide their Report (Cmd. 573). 



Such an authority would exercise all its powers to keep our 



