§ Mr. AUBREY HERBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the numbers of able-bodied agricultural labourers and workmen, with' their ages on emigration, who have during the years 1903 to 1911, inclusive and separately, emigrated to British Colonies and Protectorates?
Mr. BUXTONParticulars as to the ages of passengers leaving the United Kingdom are not available for the period specified in the question, and it is probable that a proportion of those returned as "labourers" were, in fact, agricultural labourers. The information available is given in the following statement, the figures relating to all outward male passengers of British nationality, classed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, as adults, no particulars enabling emigrants to be separated from other passengers being available.
STATEMENT showing the number of Adult Male British Passengers that left the United Kingdom for other parts of the British Empire in each of the years 1903 to 1911, distinguishing the number described as Engaged in Agriculture or as Labourers:— Years. Number described as Engaged in Agriculture. Number of Labourers. Total Number of Male British Passengers over 12 years of Age. 1903 6,114 21,978 77,355 1904 10,117 21,156 65,927 1905 12,101 25,605 74,264 1906 14,314 32,973 93,142 1907 14,079 44,502 114,747 1908 9,731 18,112 76,269 1909 12,943 21,289 83,487 1910 15,488 39,991 129,523 1911 23,464 43,648 158,195 Total 9 years. 118,351 269,254 872,909