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settlers, it is probable the final loss to the Imperial and Colonial Exchequers would be very small; and the removal of the surplus population to new fields of labour would be secured upon a self- supporting basis.

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Taking the extreme advance of £20 head as necessary, the Union would pay 16s. per annum for ten years, or in all £8, against a present annual charge for each person relieved of about

£10.

Though inmates of workhouses must be rigidly excluded, still in the case of pauper children the difficulty of their supervision when sent abroad might possibly be obviated by apprenticing them to families selected by the Union for Colonization. The advantages lioped for under the foregoing plan may be summed up :—

1. The emigration would be voluntary.

2. It would be thoroughly under control, and could be adjusted to meet the fluctuating demand for labour at home and in the Colony.

3. By providing for and securing the individual repayment of advances, it would preserve the self-respect of the colonists, and avoid the demo- ralization of their being classed as pauper emigrants.

4. It would involve no charge whatever upon the Imperial or Colonial Exchequers during the ten years of trial, and probably a very small annual charge afterwards, to cover deficiencies.

5. Though providing only for the poorer classes, it would influence the direction to be taken by persons of larger means and better position in life, and would thus ensure the reten- tion within the Empire of the great bulk of the emigration.

6. It would promote a more direct and distinct connection between the United Kingdom and Canada.

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April 11, 1883.

A. T. GALT.

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