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The Revikvv of Rilvikws. 



financial support liflinj; tlicni l)c\r)nrl rharitalile 

 management. 



An immigration policy is soniethinn that has to 

 be decided upon practii-al considerations. The most 

 urgent need is to get the matter out of the theoretical 

 stage to a definite system based upon the solid founda- 

 tion of facts. It is greatly to be desired that the 

 Dominion and Provincial Governments should reach 

 common ground of action whereby Canada should be 



peopled by desirable settlers from Creat Britain. Tin 

 question is a vital and severcl\- practical one, and must 

 be so regarded if it is to be dealt with successfully. 



The system adopted calls for more careful selection 

 and distribution of British new-comers (immigrants) 

 throughout Canada ; the question involves a host of 

 consequences, strategically, socially and morally, all 

 of which are \ital in dc\-eloping a strong and mighty 

 Canada. 



A SCHEME FOR CHILD 



The special Sub-Committee of the Royal Colonial 

 Institute, appointed on December yth, 1911. to draw 

 up details of a scheme of co-operation for submission 

 to the Home (Government and the Australian States, 

 in order to further child emigration, has presented 

 the following report : — The matter of child emigration 

 is one containing issues of national and Imperial 

 importance, and an experience extending now over 

 many years enables the societies interested in emigra- 

 tion to state their opinions with much confidence. 

 An intelligent and cornprehensive scheme of child 

 emigration can only be the outcome of co-operation 

 between the Imperial Government, the Colonial 

 Governments, and the emigration societies interested ; 

 and the time is now favourable for urging the Home 

 Government and the Governments of New Zealand 

 arid the Australian States to seriously consider what 

 is the best system by which a steady flow of child 

 emigrants of both sexes can be ensured year by year. 

 with due regard to the future welfare of the Empire. 



To assist in formulating such a scheme of co-opera- 

 tion this Sub-Committee, after consulting the societies 

 engaged for some years in the emigration of children, 

 suggests the consideration of the following principles : — 



1. Extended recognition by the Home Government 

 of the Overseas Dominions as fields for the emigration 

 of children of both sexes. 



2. Extended provisions by the Governments of 

 New Zealand and the Australian States for the recep- 

 tion, supervision, and after-care of approved child 

 emigrants. 



3. The establishment of receiving homes, and of 

 farm homes or farm schools, with organised machinery 

 for securing the welfare of the children fftm first 

 selection in this country to final settlement in the 

 Colony. 



SUOGESTEII DETAIIS. 



A. — Home Government to undertake— 

 I. To facilitate the emigration of suitable orphan, 

 deserted and adopted children of both .sexes now under 

 the control of Poor Law Guardians, through appro\e(l 

 emigration societies, by enabling the (niarchans — 



(a) To spend, where neces.sary, a larger sum 

 per head than at present in and about emigration. 

 In the metropolis this might rightly be made a 

 charge on the Metrt)politan Common Poor P'und ; 



(b) To pay a subsidy to the societies in propor- 

 tion to the age of the child, which shall bear a 



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relation to the expense that would be incurred if 

 the child were kept in this country till ihe age 

 of fourteen, chargeable to the rates. 



2. To modify the existing statutory requirement.s 

 whereby the consent of the child has to be obtained 

 in every case prior to emigration. 



3. In the case of adopted children, where no appeal 

 by parents has been lodged for twelve months subse- 

 quent to adoption, to extend to Poor Law Guardians 

 as full powers over such children as they have at 

 present over orphan and deserted children. 



4. Through the officials of the Local Go\Trnment 

 Board to encourage throughout the Kingdom the 

 emigration of Poor Law children as one of the best 

 means of providing for their future. 



B. — Australasian Governments to undertake — 



1. To co-operate with the approved emigrating 

 societies by giving free or assisted passages to children 

 nominated by the homes or farm schools established in 

 the States, or by their representatives in this country, 

 and to provide free railway passes in the States. 



2. To facilitate the provision of and staffing of suit- 

 able receiving homes at the ports of entry for the 

 temporary reception of the children on arrival. 



3. To provide land and give a money grant per 

 capita towards maintenance and technical training 

 where the emigrating society bears the capital expendi- 

 ture on buikhngs, furniture, and stock, and the cost 

 of paying the staff of teachers at farm schools or farm 

 homes. Such a money gr.mt to bear some relation to 

 the cost of maintaining orphans when boarded out or 

 in State orphanages. 



4. To arrange for the periodical inspection of all 

 homes and farm schools established for children up 

 to the age of fourteen ; to furnish reports thereon 

 to the Home Government ; and to secure that the 

 education and training are such as have been authorised 

 by the Home and Colonial Governments. 



The Sub-Committee further suggests that when the 

 draft scheme shall have been agreed to by the Com- 

 mittee, it should be forwarded to the High Com- 

 missioner for New Zealand and to the Agents-General 

 of the Australian States for their remarks. The 

 Sub-Committee has reason to believe that such a 

 course would be welcomed, and that it would lead in 

 some cases to the scheme heir'- forwarded to their 

 Governments with a strong re y^st for its favourable 



consideration. 



