HC Deb 17 April 1907 vol 172 cc977-9
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.

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