§ Lord APSLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of foreign seamen now employed in the British mercantile marine and the total number of British sailors now employed; and whether he can give separate statistics showing the numbers of Russian subjects engaged in vessels of the British mercantile marine?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe only available figures relating to employment in
— British other than Asiatics and Africans. Foreigners other than Asiatics and Africans. Asiatics and Africans (British and Foreign). Total. Percentage British. 1924 504,772 15,188 16,249 536,209 94.1 1925 510,580 13,798 16,789 541,167 94.4 1926 510,566 13,466 15,704 539,736 94.6 1927— March Quarter 116,536 3,421 4,093 124,050 93.9 June Quarter 145,209 3,725 3,934 152,868 95.0 Sept. Quarter 150,151 3,926 4,443 158,520 94.7 These figures relate to engagements and not to individual seamen; if a seaman were engaged twice during any period he would be counted twice in the total.