HC Deb 15 February 1938 vol 331 c1695
25. Mr. Day

asked the President of the Board of Trade the numbers of British subjects who were recorded as leaving permanent residence in Great Britain to take up permanent residence in Canada and/or Australia for the 12 months ended the last convenient date?

Mr. Stanley

The numbers of British subjects who were recorded in the passenger returns furnished to the Board of Trade as leaving permanent residence in Great Britain to take up permanent residence in Canada and Australia in the year 1937 were 2,663 and 4,010, respectively. Residence for a year or more is treated as permanent residence for the purpose of this classification.

Mr. Day

What funds do these Canadian immigrants have to find instead of finding their own passage money?

Mr. Stanley

I could not say without notice.

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