| Description | Contains:
- correspondence of Mr. Plenderleith, Secretary of the Children's Emigration Home, relating to the Canadian decision to restrict juvenile immigration to children over the age of 14 and the cancellation of the proposed emigration of Middlemore Homes children to Canada in 1925. Correspondents include representatives of the Department of Immigration and Colonization Canada, Mr. W.S. Ray, Manager of the Canadian Middlemore Home 'Fairview' and Mr. Paul Cadbury.
- correspondence of Mr. Plenderleith with the Chief Migration Officer of Dr. Barnado's Homes and Reverend Hudson of the Catholic Emigration Association to arrange meetings relating to the new age restrictions.
- correspondence between Mr. Plenderleith and Mr. W.S. Ray, Mr. T. Sydney Walker and Mr. Paul Cadbury concerning 'An Act respecting Immigrant Children' place before the House of Assembly for Nova Scotia in March 1926.
- correspondence between Mr. Plenderleith and the Child Emigration Society (Fairbridge Farm Schools) concerning the possibility of sending Middlemore Homes children (named in the correspondence) to Australia through the Fairbridge scheme. |