§ Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Health if he can give any estimate of the number of children in orphanages in respect of whom children's allowances under the Widows', Ophans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act are being paid; and whether in these cases the institutions in which the children reside 507W are in receipt of the moneys paid for them?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI regret that statistics are not available of the number of children in orphanages in respect of whom allowances are being paid. Normally the allowances are payable to the widow, but they may be paid to the orphanage on the application of the widow. It is also open to the orphanage to make representations in accordance with Section 6 (2) of the Act that the widow has ceased to support the child, and, if it makes good its case, payment of the allowance may be transferred from the widow to the orphanage.
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