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    236 ON ASSISTED EMIGRATION.

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    to few fetch , very are such no few an , of hel these -meet men as can becomes spare them time to their cross , prospects the " bi , g or pond their " birthWhat then p would we ? To , ship a cart-load of

    educated Sydney . and and Victoria extent polished that ? By women household no means , propose of , wives but servants we in would fact have , for assist been the to assisted gentlem the colonies en such of , to the ,

    nesses women , same and as those the few who , who have form been the accustomed daily increasing to serve class in lig of ht ladies

    busiwho are not ignorant of or ashamed to join in the household management Such and women duties would pertaining find to read large y emp families loyment . in the several cities

    _yearjb and townshi . ave to ps our -women of knowled all in our man colonies ge tle been and . made bonnet Offers to of stores very one hundred inferior in Melbourne women pounds and to a serve as shop

    236 On Assisted Emigration.

    236 ON ASSISTED EMIGRATION .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 236, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/20/