§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Prime Minister how many male persons during 1926 were assisted by the British Gov- 2087 ernment to emigrate from this country and settle on the land in the British Dominions; and what was the total cost of such emigration and settlement to the Imperial Exchequer?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Betterton). The estimated number of male persons assisted to settle on the land overseas in 1926 was 17,000. The cost of their passages to the Imperial Exchequer was approximately £174,200, to which must be added certain expenditure, in some cases given by way of loan, which is incurred during the process of settlement overseas, and is spread over a period of years. In 1926 the total number of persons assisted under the Empire Settlement Act was 65,530. and the total net expenditure £1,046,000.