worked out to define the
relations between the Director of Education and the Superintendent of
Child Welfare in so far as their respective approaches to the Minister
of Education and the Minister of Social Welfare are concerned. It was
clear to us that the present set-up is both efficient and harmonious. A
detailed plan for the due performance of the various duties was worked
out and agreed to by all interested parties. As it is a purely
administrative matter, we have not felt that it was necessary to embody
it in this report. Suffice it to say that in our opinion child welfare
should remain a part of the Department of Education, that its
Superintendent should have a right of direct reference to the Minister
of Social Welfare, that the Minister of Social Welfare should be
directly responsible for the administration of the vote applicable to
the Child Welfare Division, and that the administrative plan placed
before us should be adopted and applied unless and until varied by
agreement between the Ministers concerned.

_Page 59, paragraph (c)_

Dr Beeby said:

"It is true that no regulations have ever been gazetted prescribing
the duties of Child Welfare Officers. The provisions for them under
the Act are merely permissive, and we think it would be a
retrograde step to gazette any. The duties of the Superintendent
are adequately defined in the Act, and, as in other parts of the
Public Service, he delegates such of those powers as he thinks fit
to his subordinates. The Division's work has been done on this
basis since the passing of the Act, and we can recall no incident
where the absence of regulations has caused any difficulty. To
define the powers might well be to restrict them and to interfere
with the very preventive work we all desire.

"There should, as the Committee suggests, be some mention of
Honorary Child Welfare Officers in the Act, but their powers,
again, are better given by delegation than by legislation. It is
very desirable that the extent to which use is made of an Honorary
Officer's services be allowed to vary with the requirements of the
district and the ability of the officer."

We agree with the views expressed above by Dr Beeby.

_Page 59, paragraph (d)_

The Mazengarb Committee pointed out that the practice and procedure of
the Children's Court may tend to vary from place to place throughout
the Dominion because the Cou