HC Deb 15 March 1905 vol 143 c14
SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons of British and Irish origin have emigrated from the United Kingdom in the last thirty years to settle in Canada, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and South Africa.

(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The hon. and gallant Member will find figures with regard to the movements of passengers of British and Irish origin to and from British North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and Cape of Good Hope and Natal, from 1876 to 1903, on pp. 167–169 of the second series of Memoranda on British and Foreign Trade and Industrial Conditions [Cd. 2,337] of 1904. The corresponding figures for 1904 are:—

the hon. Member's Question, but I will ask the Governor- General for the particulars desired.