HC Deb 22 June 1922 vol 155 cc1520-1W
Mr. HURD

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of British subjects who were recorded as leaving permanent residence in the United Kingdom to take up permanent residence in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa during the year 1921: and also the number of British residents in these Dominions who left these Dominions during the same period, and the proportion of those who returned to the United Kingdom?

Mr. BALDWIN

The following statement shows the number of British subjects who were recorded as leaving permanent residence* in the United Kingdom to take up permanent residence in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, respectively, during the year 1921; and the number of British subjects who arrived from these Dominions to take up permanent residence* in the United Kingdom during the same period:

— British Emigrants from the United Kingdom to— British Immigrants in to the United Kingdom from—
Canada 67,907 21,047
Australia 27,751 8,859
New Zealand 11,513 1,568
Union of South Africa 12,903 5,894
*For the purposes of these statistics, residence for a year or more is treated permanent residence.
QUANTITIES OF BRITISH AND IRISH SPRITIS REGISTERED AS EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE CALENDAR YEARS 1913, 1919, 1920 AND 1921, AND ALSO IN THE FOUR MONTHS ENDED 30TH APRIL, 1922, TO THE UNDERMENTIONED COUNTRIES.
Countries of Destination Year 1913. Year 1919. Year 1920. Year 1921. January-April, 1922.
Proff Gallons. Proff Gallons. Proff Gallons. Proff Gallons. Proff Gallons.
China (exclusive of Hong Kong, Macao and leased territories). 65,596 44,573 92,207 106,249 31,388
U.S.America 1,287,351 1,353 79,250 219,401 837
Philippine Islands and Guam 23,311 10,918 32,000 23,718 11,619
Cuba 7,330 10,614 43,709 28,558 15,626
Hayti 119 119 1,819 1,808 1,940
Mexico 14,465 9,266 34,436 43,844 7,166
Canada 1,624136 527,949 1,701,734 1,245,988 278,979
Bermudas 8,641 6,450 16,018 22,396 9,949
Bahamas 5,228 15,133 118,599 160,579 140,428
Br. West India Islands 78,912 28,647 107,309 77,430 24,509