§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the total number of emigrants of British and Irish origin from the United Kingdom in the years 1881, 1891, and 1901, respectively; also the number who emigrated in those years to the United States, British North America, and Australia and New Zealand, respectively; and also for the same years the total number of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom from countries out of Europe.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The particulars required are given on pages 31 and 39 of the Board of Trade Return of Emigration and Immigration (Parliamentary Paper, No. 183, of Session 1902).