§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the numbers of children who were emigrated in 1897 to Canada or elsewhere, and whether the Local Government Board has taken any steps to urge upon the unions the advisability of availing themselves of the greater security afforded to children emigrants under the recent Acts passed by the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Manitoba?
§ THH SECRETARY TO THH LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The number of children emigrated to the Colonies by boards of guardians during the last year was 88. Copies of the recent Acts passed by the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Manitoba have been sent to the several boards of guardians in England and Wales, but I fear that the provisions of these Statutes will check rather than encourage the emigration of children to Canada by boards of guardians.