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force until the end of 1930, assisted passages have been made available for girls who 
were able and willing to undertake domestic service for a minimum period of one 
year in the Dominion of their choice, and also for women, married or single, who 
were nominated by residents already in the Dominions. 
(6) System of Nominations.—Under the system of nomination applicable to men 
and women, a responsible resident in one of the Dominions may apply to his (or her) 
Government for permission to name a person in the United Kingdom to proceed to 
the Dominion. The nominator has to undertake the responsibility of guaranteeing 
a home or employment for a definite period for the person nominated; and the 
Overseas Government, if satisfied that the nominator can carry out his (or her) obliga- 
tions, issues, through the official representative in Great Britain, a permit which 
carries with it a grant of State assistance towards the expenses of transit. The exact 
conditions under which such nomination is allowed vary from time to time, but, 
generally speaking, reunion of families is encouraged by this system, and in time of 
commercial prosperity other categories are added to the list of those who may qualify 
for nomination. 
New Zealand, for instance, permitted nomination for single women and widows 
without children under the age of 40 years. Australia and Canada have in the past 
allowed nomination of various kinds; at the moment, however, most of these latter 
facilities are in suspense owing to the economic depression in the Dominions. 
(c) After-care.—The after-care or welfare of assisted migrants has been carefully 
provided for under the agreements entered into between the British and Dominion 
Governments. Domestic workers have been placed under the charge of specially 
appointed matrons on board ship, and arrangements have been made for the immigra- 
tion officers, accompanied by women representatives of voluntary societies, to meet 
_ the ships, get into touch with all the new arrivals, and explain to them how to maintain 
_ contact with the voluntary agencies, or with individual women, in such a way that, 
_ should they at any time find themselves in difficulty, they may apply to these friends. 
The actual employment is found for each girl by the Immigration Officials of the 
Dominion concerned. 
Tn Canada a Hostel of Reception, to which every newcomer is taken (unless she 
has made other arrangements), has been established in each Province. Young 
women may return to these hostels if they find themselves in difficulty or without 
employment. The same kind of arrangements have been in force in Australia and 
New Zealand. 
_ In addition to such protection, the 8.0.S.B.W., the Victoria League and various 
_ other voluntary agencies offer introductions to their own correspondents to women 
who are known to be going overseas. Thus parents and others interested in young 
settlers may be fully assured that the new settlers need not want for friends if the 
_ existing machinery is utilised by the intending migrant before leaving this country. 
___ (d) Training —During the past two or three years there have been established 
: in various parts of Great Britain training centres in which free training of 8 to 10 weeks’ 
duration was offered to girls who wished to take up domestic work in the Dominions 
E were unable to qualify without receiving training. Owing to the suspension of 
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demand for household helps in Australia and Canada these hostels are for the moment 
in abeyance, but may perhaps be opened again when the flow of migration substantially 
increases. 
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e PUBLICITY AND INFORMATION. 
‘ 1, Introduction.—The problem of how to bring a knowledge of these opportunities 
md prospects of careers in the overseas Dominions and a knowledge of the societies 
and agencies offering facilities for oversea settlement to the notice of pupils and their 
rents has been the chief concern of the Committee this year. 
A policy of encouraging migration may not be unanimously accepted as desirable 
yy all school masters and mistresses, and to use the schools for a propaganda in the 
‘ow sense might well be resented by the teaching profession, but information 
ely to be of use to a teacher in advising his or her pupils as to their future would 
welcome, and should be made freely available to all. 
_ The Committee feel that this knowledge of what life is offering, especially 
knowledge of what the Empire overseas is offering, should be available before school 
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