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Empire, but making the Galleries a real school of Empire geography very much on 
the human side. Whereas prior to this reorganisation the attendance at the 
Galleries was about 50,000 a year, including some 5,000 children, the attendance in 
1930 was over 600,000. During each of the last three years 80,000 children, in their 
organised classes from every type of school, have attended to learn about the scenery, 
activities, and products of the overseas Empire—India, Dominions, Colonies, and 
Protectorates. In the Cinema—provided by the Empire Marketing Board—there 
are four sessions each day of films from various parts of the Empire. In this way 
the Imperial Institute is unique, being the only place in the whole Empire in which 
such an effort is being made. 
An information stall in the Galleries is provided for the distribution of pamphlets 
and booklets prepared in the Dominions giving fullest information about conditions 
in their countries. Lectures are also given in the Cinema by persons who have had 
practical experience of life in the Dominions and in the Colonies. 
5. Society for the Oversea Setilement of British Women, Caxton House, Tothill 
_ Street, London, $8.W.1.—This Society is more concerned with young women over 
_ 18 years of age than with girls at school, but it secures and maintains contact with a 
_ large number of girls’ schools through the private influence of members of the Society 
: and through the provision of literature and of speakers to such schools. At one time 
_ the Society sent out special speakers selected by them, but since the Oversea Settlement 
r Department has undertaken general publicity and provision of speakers for women as 
_ well as for men, speakers for girls’ schools are now selected by that section of the 
_ Department in consultation with the S.0.S.B.W. 
: 6. Public Schools Employment Bureau, 5 Paper Buildings, Temple, London, 
_ E.C. 4.—This organisation publishes periodically a special bulletin on the subject of 
Migration. The bulletin is sent to the headmaster or ‘careers’ master of each of the 
public schools in Great Britain, as well as to many others. It contains full particulars 
of most schemes of settlement operating in different Dominions, and also some 
valuable advice to the boy who thinks of going overseas. The organiser of the Bureau 
invites application from all who wish to participate in, or take advantage of, any of 
those schemes. He is prepared to supply further information at any time, and to 
assist any boy approved for settlement overseas in obtaining the necessary permits 
and introductions to the authorities of the Dominion selected. 
7. The Incorporated Association of Headmasters—The Employment Committee of 
this Association have hitherto issued no memoranda or reports on the subject of 
_ overseas employment, but circulate from time to time particulars of schemes under 
the Empire Settlement Act suitable for boys to schools in the counties of London, 
Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Bedford and Cambridge. 
8. The Headmistresses Association (Employment Committee).—This Association 
_ acts through an Employment Committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour. 
_ Twelve headmistresses and two assistant mistresses, representative of secondary 
schools, serve on the London Committee. There are also several local committees of 
this type which meet in various parts of England and Wales, and operate on similar 
lines to the central one. In the last report of this Committee, published by the 
Ministry of Labour, no reference is made at all to the possibility of overseas careers 
for girls, but the headmistresses are taking considerable interest in the prospects 
overseas for secondary school girls, and individually do a good deal to awaken interest 
amongst the girls. A number of headmistresses have recently (1931) made a tour 
_ through Canada with the object of studying at first hand the conditions of employment 
out there. Their report has not yet been published, but it is understood that they 
Teceived a very favourable impression as to the prospects awaiting girls and young 
women from Great Britain.® 
9. Church of England Council of Empire Settiement, 39 Victoria Street, London, 
§.W. 1.—This society has extended its influence rapidly since its inaugural year, 1925. 
The Council works primarily through the clergy of some 14,000 parishes, and by their 
uid they have got into touch with large numbers of parents seeking openings for their 
sons and daughters. They have also established contact with most of the juvenile 
employment bureaux of the various education authorities of the counties and in 
ome of the larger towns. The Council has thus succeeded in disseminating informa- 
on on the opportunities and prospects of oversea life over a wide area. Members of 
e Council, particularly those with overseas experience, have visited a number of 
6 See note, page 314. 
