§ MR. KING (Cheshire, Knutsford)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state how many British-born subjects have emigrated from these islands to Canada and the United States, respectively, during each of the last ten years and during the first six months of this year; whether he has any information to show in what proportion of cases the enterprise of these emigrants has been rewarded by successful settlement in the land of their adoption, or in what proportion they have returned home within twelve months of the date of their departure; and can he further say to what extent their places in the congested areas of this country have been filled up by immigrants of foreign nationality.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The following statement gives particulars of the movement of British and Irish passengers from the United Kingdom to Canada and the United States of America, and from Canada and the United States of America to the United Kingdom, during éach of the years 1898–1907, and during the first five months of the present year. Particulars of the passenger movement for June are not yet compiled. The figures include a number of ordinary passengers as well as prospective settlers. There is no information as to the length of time during which passengers returning to this country remained in Canada and the United States of America, nor as to the number of alien immigrants who had settled in congested areas of this country.
| Statement showing the Number of British and Irish Passengers that left or arrived in the United Kingdom for or from British North America and the United States, respectively, in each of the years 1898 to 1907 and during the five months ending 31st May, 1908. | |||||||||
| United States. | British North America. | Total, United States and British North America. | |||||||
| Outward. | Inward. | Balance outward. | Outward. | Inward. | Balance outward. | Outward. | Inward. | Balance outward. | |
| 1898 | 80,494 | 50,728 | 29,766 | 17,640 | 9,794 | 7,846 | 98,134 | 60,522 | 37,612 |
| 1899 | 92,482 | 53,643 | 38,839 | 16,410 | 8,395 | 8,015 | 108,892 | 62,038 | 46,854 |
| 1900 | 102,797 | 54,819 | 47,978 | 18,443 | 10,640 | 7,803 | 121,240 | 65,459 | 55,781 |
| 1901 | 104,195 | 58,312 | 45,883 | 15,757 | 8,636 | 7,121 | 119,952 | 66,948 | 53,004 |
| 1902 | 108,498 | 56,881 | 51,617 | 26,293 | 11,563 | 14,730 | 134,971 | 68,444 | 66,347 |
| 1903 | 123,663 | 58,271 | 65,392 | 59,652 | 13,786 | 45,866 | 183,315 | 72,057 | 111,258 |
| 1904 | 146,445 | 79,655 | 66,790 | 69,681 | 18,397 | 51,284 | 216,126 | 98,052 | 118,074 |
| 1905 | 122,370 | 61,373 | 60,997 | 82,437 | 19,934 | 62,503 | 204,807 | 81,307 | 123,500 |
| 1906 | 144,817 | 58,876 | 85,941 | 114,859 | 23,596 | 91,263 | 259,676 | 82,472 | 177,204 |
| 1907 | 170,264 | 70,320 | 99,944 | 151,216 | 33,691 | 117,525 | 321,480 | 104,011 | 217,469 |
| Five months ending 31st May, 1908 | 40,661 | 25,867 | 14,794 | 41,335 | 9,684 | 31,651 | 81,996 | 35,551 | 46,445 |