An Imperial Conservation Board 



to correlate the work of existing emigra- 

 tion agencies and check the loss to the 

 Empire caused by men settling in foreign 

 countries. If the nation is to recuperate 

 quickly after this war, the land must be put 

 to its full use, and every settler must be so 

 placed that he shall be as efficient and 

 effective as possible. If the Empire is to be 

 consolidated from the defensive and economic 

 points of view, we must fill with properly 

 qualified people the land now crying out 

 for population. This is a great work. 

 Carefully thought out administrative 

 machinery is needed to effect it, and 

 though the two Commissions referred to, 

 if created, could do most valuable work, 

 something much bigger is required. The 

 time has come to create a great Imperial 

 Conservation Board on which would sit 

 representatives of the Dominion Govern- 

 ments, Its functions would be to guide the 

 flow of population and to develop our 

 national resources. It is only by approach- 

 ing the whole problem carefully and scien- 

 tifically that we can hope to bring order out 

 of the present chaos. 



