PAID TO EMIGRATE.
The Barbadoes have become so full of people that the Government offers a cash bonus to any inhabitant who will agree to leave the island, and stay uway for five years. Ordinarilv the offer is £4, but during those months when Barbadoes people are less inclined to leave their island it is raised to £5. There is much red tape connected with this transaction. First the candidate must pass a medical examination, for tho Government will not to all appearances, at least—take the responsibility of unloading invalids on other countries.
Then there must be recommendations as to the character of the would-be emigrant ; and, lastly, there is the signing of an agreement that the money will be refunded to the Government in case the person returns to Barbadoes within five years, unless he comes with a written statement from a physician that the country he has elected is prejudicial to his health.
The people who accept the offer arc by no means of the low class which so many European countries are so glad to get rid of. There are many nurses, teachers, seamstresses, and people of like occupation among the emigrants.
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 6, 11 September 1906, Page 2
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195PAID TO EMIGRATE. Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 6, 11 September 1906, Page 2
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