§ 36. Mr. BARCLAY-HARVEYasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs how many people have been accepted from Scotland under the new cheap passage emigration scheme to Canada to the end of February; how many of them are experienced farm workers; and how many arc domestic servants?
§ Mr. AMERYI am informed by the High Commissioner that the number of people accepted from Scotland for assisted passages to Canada, under the new Agreement, to the end of February is 959. Of these, 650 are members of 130 families who are going out to settle on farms under what is known as the 3,000 Families Scheme; 181 are farm workers, of whom about 150 are experienced, and 128 are domestic servants.