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SETTLERS FOR VICTORIA.
MANY APPLICATIONS ilRECEIVED.
LONDON, llth ALiv.
This Overseas Settlement Committee has
hitherto received 30,000 applications for'
passages, 2000 of which have been referred
to the Victorian Immigration Commis
sioner. Already 1060 ex-servico men. th.-ir
dependants, and civilians nominated from
Victoria, have sailed this year. In connec
tion with their departure, a sum of .630,000
has been transferred through the Stato
Savings Bank, apart from a large sum
through other banks.
The department is suffering froni lack of
staff in dealing with the applications. Re
presentatives of Italy, the Netherlands and
Sweden are at present in London irquiriug
into the opportunities and facilities fur
settling a considerable number of their
emigrants in- Australia. There is an in
creasing number of appb'cations from fami
lies in districts in France and Belgium
where tho Australians were quartered dnr-
ing tho war.
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