§ MR. SAMUEL SMITH (Flintshire)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether any circular letter or order was issued by the Department during 1900 to encourage the emigration of pauper children, or whether it has taken any other steps to further that object, and how many children were emigrated last year.
§ MR. WALTER LONGIn a circular which the Local Government Board issued in August last they urged upon Boards of Guardians the expediency of removing children from workhouses, and referred to emigration as one of the means by which this might be effected. The Board issued orders last year authorising the emigration of 173 children.