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more efficient, and to give permanent employment to more hands ; the immediate objective is to give profitable employment to boys (or girls) of the farmer s own family until such time as they have accumulated enough capital and gamed sufficient practical experience to take over a section of the farm, or strike out for themselves. The outstanding advantage of the scheme is that members of the farmer s family are kept together, conserved for rural work, and made immediately self-supporting. To enable boys to be employed in trade, commerce, or industry, we recommend that employers be permitted to employ boys as temporary " assistants " or supernumeraries, and in such cases the provisions of the Factories Act, Shops and Offices Act or awards or agreements under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act' or the Labour Disputes Investigation Act shall not apply so far as they may relate to the rate of wages fixed under such awards, agreements, or Acts referred to above. „ In any case where a boy is employed in accordance with the foregoing recommendation, any worker who may be dismissed from employment as the result of the employment of such additional boy shall have the right of appeal to a Magistrate, whose decision will be final. Note.—" Boy " shall mean any male person under the age of twenty years.

Suggested Plan of Local Organization.

Administration. General Council deals with matters of policy, extension of activities, &c, and represents the citizens. Executive Committee consists of the convenors of the sub-committees, and co-ordinates all activities. Sub-committees undertake the special duties for which they have been appointed. The convenor of each sub-committee is appointed by the General Council and co-opts the services of persons qualified and willing to assist as desired. Sub-committees, subject to such modifications as will meet the requirements of the district concerned, may be constituted as follows : Finance, country, commercial and professional, education, industrial, recreation.

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Divisions of Activities and Sections. Section Details. Organization Details. Physical development — , , , Physical culture . - • • Instruction in swimming, box- Secure co - operation ot clubs , ing, wrestling, gymnasium life-saving. Athletics . . .. • • Running, jumping, hurdling, Co-operation of clubs ; enter vaulting, cricket, football, competition teams for featurI tennis, baseball, rowing day games, &c. Allied activities .. .. j Life-saving ; first-aid .. Ambulance Association. General educational development — Classes, study circles, debat- Short courses covering litera- Collection of books, magazines ; ing library, history, &c. ture, science, general subjects reading-rooms ; boxes m public places for book-collection. Vocational and pre-vocational development — . , Classes — Industrial, commer- Visits to industries, business Vocational estimates and guidcial, professional ' houses, &c. ance. Co-operation of tradesmen, accountants, &c. Ethical development — m i. Instruction in ethics and allied . • ° ° P e . r a £ 1 0 11 — es > subjects ; citizenship through Y.M.C.A., &c. organization of self-govern-ment Social development — . Club organization: entertain- Picnics, walking-tours .. Develop youth committees to ments controL