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(9) Acceptance of the proposal that not
less than 5000 men should be sent in August next to work as harvesters in Canada is recommended. (Paragraph 19).
(10) The Sub-Committee recommend that the
representative of the British Government should be authorised to enter into negotiations with the Canadian Authorities with a view to securing the reservation in certain undeveloped districts of areas of land for British settlers. The negotiations to proceed upon the basis that the British Government are willing to make arrangements with existing organisations, such as the Provincial Governments, the Canadian Pacific Railway or the Hudson's Bay Company, for jointly financing development schemes by which British migrants may be 'employed and settled. (Paragraph 20).
(11) The Sub-Committee state that various
suggestions have been submitted to them for strengthening the existing official adminis- trative machinery in this country concerned with migration. hile they do not feel able to make any specific recommendations as to what changes should be made, they are satisfled as to the need for strengthening the central organisation and for securing the fullest possible measure of effective co-operation between the various Departments concerned with the subject.
The Sub-Committee accordingly recommend that the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs should, after consultation with the Treasury, submit recommendations to the Prime Minister with as little delay as possible. (Paragraph 21).
2, Whitehall Gardens, S.F.1.
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