§ 120. Mr. M. MacPhersonasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many emigrants have gone to Australia in each of the latest 12 months for which he has records.
§ Mr. J. FosterThe figures for emigrants of Commonwealth citizenship who travelled direct by sea from the United Kingdom to Australia during the period September, 1951, to August, 1952, are as follow:
1951 September … … 7,262 October … … 2,774 November … … 5,696 December … … 2,266 1952 January … … 4,264 February … … 9,152 March … … 2,866 April … … 5,016 May … … 5,298 June … … 3,488 July … … 4,318 August … … 4,050 Total … … 56,450 These figures relate to persons who have expressed the intention of taking up residence in Australia for a period of one year or more.