§ MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he could give a Return of the number of Destitute Aliens who arrived in the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1886?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) () (who replied) Liverpool, East Toxtethsaid: The Board of Trade are unable to give the number of destitute aliens who arrived in the ports of the United Kingdom in 1886, as the Passenger Acts, 1854 and 1863, under which the Immigration Returns are made to the Board of Trade, do not require the condition of the immigrants to be stated, and do not require Returns to be made of persons coming from places in Europe or on the Coasts of the Mediterranean.