§ MR. O'GRADY (Leeds, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Govern- 234 ment Board whether his attention has been called to the Report of the German farm colony at Ware, Herts, in which it is stated that during 1901–6 out of 2,875 destitute but able-bodied German-speaking men who were admitted into the colony, 1,057 had earned sufficient during their stay to defray all expenses connected with their return home, 1,027 secured situations or received monetary assistance from abroad and were thus enabled to earn their own living, and only 709 left the colony to continue a life more or less dependent upon begging and vagrancy; and whether this farm colony is recognised financially or otherwise by his Department.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI have seen a statement issued by the council of this farm colony containing the particulars mentioned in the Question. The colony is established for the benefit of German-speaking persons who are out of employment and is supported by voluntary contributions. There does not appear to have been any occasion for the recognition of it by the Local Government Board.