§ 17. Sir VICTOR WARRENDERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can give the numbers of migrants from this country to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia and the Crown Colonies for the years 1913 and 1924, respectively?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUEL(Secretary, Overseas Trade Department): I have been asked to reply, and as the answer contains a table of figures, my hon. Friend will perhaps agree to its being circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The numbers of British subjects recorded as emigrants from the United Kingdom to the undermentioned 921 divisions of the British Empire in 1913 and 1924 were as follows:
| — | 1913 | 1924.† |
| British North America | 190,854 | 63,016 |
| Australia | 56,779 | 38,599 |
| New Zealand | 14,255 | 11,061 |
| *British South Africa (including Rhodesia). | 10,910 | 7,568 |
| India (including Ceylon) | 6,810 | 6,630 |
| Other parts of the British Empire. | 5,432 | 5,343 |
| Total British Empire | 285,046 | 132,217 |
| †The numbers of emigrants to Rhodesia have not been separately recorded. | ||
| *The figures for 1924 are exclusive of emigrants from the Irish Free State. |
§ 21. Sir JOHN MARRIOTTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how mach of the sum appropriated to the assistance of intending settlers under the Empire Settlement Act, 1922, has up to the present been actually spent or allocated; and how many settlers have emigrated under the scheme?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which was given on the 17th February last to a question asked by the hon. Member for Cardiff East (Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke).
§ 22. Sir J. MARRIOTTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been the expenditure to date on the scheme announced to the House by the Secretary for Overseas Trade on 28th May, 1924; and how many families have been settled under the scheme?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe scheme to which my hon. Friend refers is still under negotiation with the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
§ Sir J. MARRIOTTDo I understand that no families have been emigrated under the scheme and no money spent under it?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORENot under the new scheme referred to here.
§ 23. Sir J. MARRIOTTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any waiting list of persons who desire to take advantage of the Empire Settlement Act; if so, how many such persons there are; and what are the impediments, if any, to the immediate emigration of such persons?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThere is no delay in arranging the passages of approved applicants for assistance under the Empire Settlement Act, and there is no waiting list of such persons. There is, of course, a large number of persons anxious to proceed overseas who, for various reasons, cannot be accepted as suitable settlers by the oversea authorities under existing schemes.
§ Sir J. MARRIOTTHave these persons been accepted as suitable by the home authority?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORENo; in any case of assistance they have to be accepted by the overseas authorities before they can get any help. The last word rests with Australia House or the Canadian authorities, as the case may be.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINTo which Dominions are they being sent? Are they being sent to specific Dominions?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREA certain number of them are going to all the Dominions.