§ Mr. HADDOCKasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been directed to the recent visit of Mr. Arthur Hawkes, Special Immigration Commissioner of the Canadian Government; what is the character of the representations which Mr. Hawkes has 707W made to His Majesty's Ministers with a view to co-operation in emigration matters; and whether, in view of Mr. Hawkes' statement that something like one and a half millions of the children in the schools of this country at this moment are destined to find their way to homes beyond the seas in the Dominion of the British Empire, His Majesty's Government can see their way to adopt the proposals of the Canadian Commissioner, so as to inculcate a knowledge of the geography, history, economic and industrial conditions of the overseas dominion and the whole Empire in the primary and other schools of this country?
Mr. HARCOURTI am aware of Mr. Hawkes' recent visit to this country with a view to the preparation of a report for the Canadian Government on the question of emigration. I do not know what recommendations Mr. Hawkes may have made or may be about to make to the Canadian Government, nor what view the Canadian Government may take of such recommendations. I am therefore not at present in a position to discuss the matter.