§ Sir A. S. BENNasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the number of migrants (balance outwards) from this country to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, respectively, from the 1st January, 1926, to the latest available dates, and the figures for the corresponding periods in 1913, 1924, and 1925, and the amounts actually expended under the Empire Settlement Act in 1924, 1925, and 1926, and the estimated expenditure under that Act for the current year?
§ Mr. AMERY(1) The outward balance of British migrants to Canada, Australia and New Zealand for the calendar years 1913, 1924, 1925 and 1926 was as follows:
— — 1913. 1924. 1925. 1926. Canada 164,566 47,194 24,723 39,151 Australia 44,428 30,304 27,269 36,914 New Zealand 11,809 8,740 9,766 14,393 220,803 86,238 61,758 90,458 (2) The expenditure under the Empire Settlement Act for the last three financial years is as follows:
£ 1924–5 … … … 423,622 1925–6 … … … 569,875 1926–7 … … … 1,129,315* * Provisional, subject to final adjustment of accounts. The estimated expenditure for the financial year 1927–8 is £1,576,200.