§ Mr. Powellasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will furnish an analysis by age, sex and trade of persons who left the United Kingdom for Australia and New Zealand, respectively, in each of the years 1946 and 1951, with the intention of taking up residence in those Dominions.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftInformation is available only about emigrants travelling direct by sea.
The tables below give details in respect of British emigrants:
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BRITISH SUBJECTS EMIGRATING (a) FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM FEMALES — To Australia To New Zealand 1946 1951 (b) 1946 1951 (b) Occupation: Domestic, Hotel, etc. 101 417 123 130 Commercial, Finance and Insurance 618 1,579 452 499 Professional 250 1,220 287 503 Clothing Trades 64 144 38 54 Housewife 3,996 13,705 2,144 2,360 Others 455 3,818 229 800 Children under 15 … 7,746 … 976 Children under 18 1,235 … 647 … TOTAL 6,719 28,629 3,920 5,322 Age Under 5 … 2,931 … 395 5–14 … 4,815 … 581 15–19 … 1,271 … 197 Under 12 1,087 … 561 … 12–17 148 … 86 … 18–19 274 … 167 … 20–24 1,752 2,505 952 509 25–29 1,079 3,622 713 760 30–34 555 3,186 464 537 35–44 683 5,049 430 871 45–54 478 2,421 226 575 55 and over 486 2,774 281 820 Not specified 177 55 40 77 TOTAL 6,719 28,629 3,920 5,322 (a) Travelling direct by sea to take up residence for a year or more. (b) Estimates based on a 50 per cent. sample. … Not available.