THE EPIDEMIC OF ADOPTION.
(To THE EDITOR GP THE " SPECTATOR:1
Sta,—Adoption is unknown to English law, but it may interest some of your readers to know that in 1914 or 1915 the Province of Alberta, through its Legislature, gave recognition to adoption if certain simple proceedings are taken. The natural parents
renounce their rights, the intending adopter undertakes the duties of parentage, and a Supreme Court Judge, if he considers that the adoption will be for the benefit of the child, makes an order for its adoption. Under an intestacy the adopted child has a legal claim on the parents' estate. He to not debarred from marriage with a foster-sister, as under the Roman system. The Spectator is much appreciated out here, and is, when read, handed over to some one else, for would not its destruction he sacrilege?
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