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successful operation until this year (1931). It is hoped that as economic conditions 
improve the scheme will be resumed, as it affords excellent opportunities to secondary 
school boys who wish to take up farming. It must be pointed out, however, that 
considerable capital is needed by those who intend to start farming on their own 
account, and although generous advances may be obtained in approved cases from 
the State Advance Department of the New Zealand Government, it would be well 
that the settler, if he hopes eventually to own his farm, should be able to rely on some 
hundreds of pounds capital being available to him. There are boys without capital 
of their own who manage to save enough money to enable them to make a start by 
means of ‘share-farming’ and the like, but, generally speaking, some capital is 
desirable. 
1. Church of England Council of Empire Setilement.—The Council arranged for 
the Church of England Immigration Committee in New Zealand to nominate each 
year a certain number of boys aged 15 to 18 years, preferably of secondary school 
education, for training on farms in New Zealand. The boys are placed in employment 
with farmers chosen by the Immigration Committee, and in the selection of farms 
more importance is attached to good training and a good home than to wages. The 
_ boys are under the care and guidance of the Committee, which is prepared to give help 
and advice to them at all times. 
The boys and their parents under this scheme have to sign an undertaking that the 
_ boys are under the care and jurisdiction of the Committee for the first two years in 
the Dominion, and that 50 per cent. of the boy’s wages are to be paid direct to the 
_ Committee to bank for him. The latter provision is an excellent incentive for 
further saving towards an independent start. There are also, throughout New 
Zealand, sub-committees who visit the boys during their training and submit reports 
at regular intervals to the Central Committee at Auckland. Upon the completion of 
their training, the boys—being then probably about 21 years of age—may continue 
in employment as farm workers, engage in share-farming, or, if they are in a position 
to do so, acquire land for themselves. 
Full particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, 39 Victoria Street, London, 
8.W. 1. 
2. Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru,—A further scheme which is of value for 
the purpose of introducing boys to the life of the Dominions is that of the Waitaki 
Boys’ High School. A limited number of British boys recommended by the Public 
Schools Employment Bureau are accepted at this school for one or two years’ 
_ agricultural training. Boarding and tuition fees are £65 per annum. The School is 
situated in a rich agricultural and pastoral district of the South Island, and possesses 
a small experimental farm of its own. Instruction in agricultural subjects, e.g. wool- 
classing, dairy science, agriculture and plot work is given by experts, and several 
afternoons a week are devoted to practical training on adjoining farms. When their 
training is completed the boys should have acquired a sound knowledge of agri- 
cultural work and conditions in South Island. The Headmaster of Waitaki School 
_has undertaken the responsibility of placing the boys in employment with suitable 
farmers, keeping in touch with them, and of reporting regularly on their progress and 
prospects. 
__ Full particulars can be obtained from the Secretary, Public Schools Employment 
Bureau, 5 Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C. 4. 
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(d) THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
1820 Setilers Memorial Association.—This Association was founded ten years ago 
to commemorate the British settlers who sailed for South Africa in 1820. Its object 
is to further the settlement of good British stock on the land in the Union of South 
Africa. Only settlers with substantial capital are accepted by the Association, which 
recognises that the use of native labour renders the country unsuitable except to those 
in a position to become land owners. The Association does not buy or sell land, 
but, by means of a widespread organisation throughout the Union, is able to 
five settlers very valuable advice and help in the selection of their land and in its 
equipment, etc. The Association has the approval and support of the Governments 
of the United Kingdom and the Union of South Africa. 
Provision is also made by the Association for the agricultural settlement in South 
ica of schoolboys who are over seventeen and under twenty years of age, with a 
_ minimum capital of £1,000, and who have studied at a public school or approved 
