§ MR. J. D. WHITE (Dunbartonshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board
Statement showing the number of passengers of Scottish nationality and the number of passengers of all other nationalities that left the ports of Scotland for places out of Europe in each of the under-mentioned years. | ||||||
(Complied from the passengers lists furnished to the Board of Trade under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.) | ||||||
Year. | Passengers of Scottish Nationality. | Passengers of all other Nationalities. | Total. | |||
Gross outward movement. | Net outward movement.* | Gross outward movement. | Net outward movement.* | Gross outward movement. | Net outward movement.* | |
No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | |
1897 | 8,409 | 4,532 | 1,748 | —3,302† | 10,157 | 1,230 |
1898 | 7,099 | 4,040 | 2,178 | —444† | 9,277 | 3,596 |
1899 | 7,865 | 4,963 | 3,279 | 244 | 11,144 | 5,207 |
1900 | 11,131 | 7,968 | 4,785 | —877† | 15,916 | 7,091 |
1901 | 11,011 | 7,475 | 3,891 | 106 | 14,902 | 7,581 |
1902 | 12,867 | 9,472 | 7,095 | 3,124 | 19,962 | 12,596 |
1903 | 20,134 | 16,583 | 7,292 | 1,430 | 27,426 | 18,013 |
1904 | 23,522 | 19,133 | 6,247 | 458 | 29,796 | 19,591 |
1905 | 27,648 | 22,733 | 11,205 | 3,489 | 38,853 | 26,222 |
1906 | 38,335 | 32,488 | 17,888 | 7,579 | 56,223 | 40,067 |
* Excess of out-going over in-coming passengers. | ||||||
† Excess of in-coming over out-going passengers. |
§ of Trade if he will state what has been the number of emigrants sailing from Scottish ports annually for each of the last ten years, distinguishing, as far as possible, emigrants of Scottish nationality and domicile from emigrants of other nationalities passing through Scotland; and whether he can give any indication as to the number of emigrants of Scottish nationality and domicile sailing from other ports of the United Kingdom during these years.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)The figures asked for are too numerous to be conveniently given orally, and I propose to have them printed, so far as they are available, in the Votes. These figures relate to the gross and net outward movement of passengers, and do not specially distinguish emigrants for settlement abroad.
979 Statement showing the number of passengers of Scottish nationality that left the ports of England, Wales, and Ireland, for places out of Europe, in each of the under mentioned years.
(Compiled from the passengers lists furnished to the Board of Trade under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.)
Passengers of Scottish Nationality.
Year. | Gross outward movement. | Net outward movement.† |
No. | No. | |
1897 | 7,715 | 410 |
1898 | 8,471 | 858 |
1899 | 8,207 | —386‡ |
1900 | 9,341 | 901 |
1901 | 9,909 | 1,495 |
1902 | 13,418 | 5,211 |
1903 | 16,667 | 6,258 |
1904 | 13,923 | 406 |
1905 | 13,862 | 2,692 |
1906 | 14,827 | 1,900 |