§ MR. W. HOPE (Somersetshire, N.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of children emigrated to Canada by boards of guardians during 1906.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) During the year 1906 the Local Government Board issued orders authorising expenditure by boards of guardians in respect of the emigration to Canada of 441 orphan or deserted children. Expenditure in respect of the emigration to Canada of 255 other children was authorised during the year by orders relating to the emigration of persons with their families.