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5, Church of England Council of Empire Settlement.—This]Council was formed 
some five years ago for the purpose of co-ordinating and extending the migration work 
already being done by various Church of England societies. In co-operation with the 
Home and Overseas Governments, the Council has also initiated and carried out 
schemes of its own for the placement with farmers in the Dominions of boys from the 
United Kingdom, with a view to their taking up farms of their own in due course. 
Some of these include schemes especially intended for boys of the secondary school 
type. Among the latter is one now in operation in Canada for assisting youths of 
18 to 24 years of age, who will eventually have not less than £300 of capital, first to 
obtain the necessary practical knowledge of farming, and then to make an independent 
start. The youths selected by the Council’s officials proceed either to the Council’s 
headquarters at Toronto, or to the reception hostels maintained in Alberta and 
Saskatchewan by the Canadian organisation of the Church of England Council for 
Social Service. They are then placed with carefully selected farmers for at least 
18 months’ training (during which they receive a small wage plus their board and 
lodging), reports on their progress being sent in at regular intervals. When the 
youths have gained sufficient practical experience to warrant them in making an 
independent start, the Council, with the co-operation of the Provincial Government’s 
agricultural service, advises them in the purchase, equipment and working of their 
farms. During the period of training and settlement the youths are under the direct 
eare of responsible members of the Church of England Council. 
Full information can be obtained from the Secretary, 39 Victoria Street, London, 
S.W. 1. 
6. The Anglo-Canadian Education Committee—This Committee, whose head 
quarters in London are Seymour House, Waterloo Place, S.W. 1, was formed with the 
object of creating a better understanding and a closer relationship between educa- 
tionists in Great Britain and Canada. Strong committees exist in both countries. 
In 1930 the Committee organised a tour in Canada of sixteen headmasters of English 
public schools in order to visit and inspect the chief Canadian universities. As a 
result of this visit, which appears to have had an excellent effect, not only on the 
headmasters themselves but also in Canada, it is hoped that more attention will be 
focussed on the question of overseas careers for boys and girls, and that there will be a 
small but steady movement of boys from schools in Great Britain to Canadian 
universities, through which they will pass to their chosen occupation. It is possible 
that a scholarship scheme to further this movement may be started later on. 
i 7. The Fellowship of the Maple Leaf.—This is essentially a Church of England 
_ organisation for the recruitment and equipment of teachers and clergy for service 
in the Western Provinces of Canada. It is not simply an agency for teachers but 
founded to promote the ideals and common citizenship of Great Britain and Canada. 
The workers go out either with grants if already fully trained, or with scholarships to 
colleges in Canada. 
Full particulars can be obtained from the Secretary, Dr. P. J. Andrews, 13 Victoria 
Street, S.W. 1. 
8. Boy Scouts Association.—Imperial Headquarters of the Boy Scouts Association 
have established a Migration Department for assisting and advising scouts and 
ex-scouts who wish to settle overseas. The Department supplies letters of intro- 
duction to Scout Headquarters at ports of call and in the Dominions. A special 
Nomination Scheme was arranged in 1927 with Headquarters in Australia, and proved 
a great success. : 
Through a generous gift of money to Imperial Headquarters Boy Scouts Associa- 
tion by Mr. T. H. Whitehead, and with the help of the Overseas Settlement Department, 
scholarships are arranged for scouts in the Agricultural Colleges in the Dominions 
overseas. A number of boys were placed during the year 1930, and a further party of 
_ twenty scouts who are to enter the Guelph Agricultural College sailed at the end of 
April, 1931. Similarly scouts have been placed at an agricultural college in Southern 
Rhodesia. 
The scholarships in question enable a boy who is of reasonable education, of good 
health and physique, to obtain a two-year course in an agricultural college, all 
_ expenses being paid for the boy. The scholars for Canada enter college in the autumn 
_ and work during the spring and summer with local farmers for further practical 
experience and they receive wages and keep. The scholarship scheme is being 
developed, and there is no doubt that it will play a most important part in the future 
