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The minimum capital required jby an intending farmer would be £3,000. Cyprus 
is rich in mineral deposits and the mining prospects are good; the only concerns 
staffed to any extent by other than Cypriots are the mines. 
HII. OPENINGS FOR GIRLS OVERSEAS. 
There are important differences in the problem confronting the migration of girls 
compared with that of boys. Girls are less likely to entertain the idea of overseas 
life immediately on leaving school, even if the prospects are put before them while 
there. The openings are more aptly described as those for young women. They 
may be divided into groups, (1) those who are willing and able to pay their own passage, 
and (2) those who require State assistance to enable them to go overseas. In addition 
to these there is, for well-trained young women, as for young men, a considerable 
demand for medical nursing and educational service by the various missionary 
societies. These societies pay the travelling expenses of their staffs. 
1. Non-STATE-AIDED SETTLERS.—With regard to professionally trained women, 
_ the choice of occupation is as wide as that in the United Kingdom and follows much 
5 the same lines. The remuneration offered is, as a rule, higher than that at home, 
but in some instances the cost of living is also on a higher scale. 
: (a) General Conditions.—Generally speaking, a girl must be in the Dominion to 
_ stand a good chance of obtaining a post when a vacancy in the desired occupation 
_ occurs. It will be easily understood that, as a rule, employers will not await the 
arrival of a candidate from overseas to fill an existing vacancy, and that though 
_ there is less competition in the newer countries than in the old it is seldom that a 
_ good post fails to attract a number of applicants. The British girl must therefore 
_ be on the spot to take her chance amongst those already in the Dominion. This 
_ involves the risk of going to the new country and relying upon private resources until 
_ such time as the fitting opportunity occurs. This may be a matter of only a few days 
or, on the other hand, of some weeks. The settler should be fully provided with 
_ introductions to residents in the Dominion who will be specially interested in her as 
a British settler and willing to advise her how to find the occupation she desires. 
_ Such introductions may be obtained from a variety of sources, such as Agents-General 
for the provinces or states of the Dominions, and voluntary societies, especially the 
_ Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women, which is chiefly concerned with 
placing and encouraging the migration of educated women. 
Tn the Colonial Government Service the openings for young women are practically 
limited to those who are qualified professionally in medicine, nursing, and education. 
_ The vacancies for lady medical officers are few, but for nurses very considerable. 
_ The appointments are pensionable in nearly all cases. In West Africa, initial salaries 
range up to £350 per annum with outfit allowance and free passages. Full particulars 
_ can be obtained from the Overseas Nursing Association. 
There are also openings for women in the Education Departments of many of the 
Dependencies. Information upon these can be obtained from the Board of Education, 
_ Whitehall, S.W.1. Postal clerks and telegraphists are appointed from among the 
members of the Home Service. The conditions prevailing in most of the Dependencies 
_ make it rarely practicable to appoint women to scientific posts. 
_ (b) The Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women.—The Society 
_ (8.0.8.B.W.) has been instrumental in placing some 2,800 women of the kind under 
discussion during the past ten years and is in touch with a large variety of corre- 
spondents in every part of the Oversea Dominions and insome of the Crown Colonies. 
Before deciding to seek a career overseas it would be well for parents and girls 
to seek information from the Society or other competent authority concerning the 
_ country of destination and ascertain the conditions of local employment at the 
_ particular moment. 
__ For instance, at the time of this Report being prepared, the economic conditions of 
_ Australia and Canada make it obviously undesirable for migrants requiring employ- 
‘ment of any kind to take their chance overseas. On the other hand, these Dominions 
_ with their immense resources are capable of readjustment within a much shorter time 
_ than are the older European nations. It may well be that during the course of a year 
_ 0r so conditions in Canada will again allow the encouragement of well-educated and 
_ ¢arefully selected girls to proceed to that Dominion. The S.0.S8.B.W. is in constant 
touch with authorities and individual residents in each of the Dominions and, like 
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