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THE second report of the Commissioner for the Special Areas* presented to Parliament in February reviews the progress made during the six months ended December 31, 1935, in the economic development and social improvement of the Special Areas. The policy advocated is essentially a long-term policy, and the Commissioner points out that while many schemes, some of considerable importance, have been sanctioned, the benefits arising from their execution will accrue cumulatively and time will be required before these benefits can be fully secured. Spectacular results are not to be expected but rather a steady improvement, and it would be wrong to judge the value of these schemes solely or even mainly by the amount of employment given. The Special Areas Act does not provide for expenditure on schemes primarily intended to give immediate employment, and no artificial creation of employment has been attempted.
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Science and Progressive National Policy: The Special Areas and the School Leaving Age. Nature 137, 677–679 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137677a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137677a0