§ Mr. MARDY JONESasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of British migrants who left permanent residences in Wales and Monmouthshire, England, and Scotland, respectively, to take up permanent residences in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, respectively, in each year, 1922 to 1928, inclusive?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe following figures, which have been compiled from the Statutory Returns furnished to the Board of Trade, show the numbers of British subjects who left permanent residence in England, Wales, and Scotland, in each of the years 1922 to 1928, to take up permanent residence in British North America, Australia, New Zealand, and British South Africa:
by grants under the Empire Settlement Act, 1922; and what was the total sum granted to the British migrants who were 233W thus settled from Wales and Monmouthshire, England, and Scotland, respectively, in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, respectively, in each year, 1922 to 1928, inclusive?
Movement under the Empire Settlement Act, 1922. — Canada, Number Assisted. Australia, Number Assisted. New Zealand, Number Assisted. South Africa. Number Assisted. Total Number Assisted. 1922 … 180 5,611 688 — 6,479 1923 … 5,835 24,221 6,086 41 36,183 1924 … 9,609 23,645 7,750 39 41,043 1925 … 8,779 22,527 8,097 126 39,529 1926 … 20,862 32,689 11,795 197 65,543 1927 … 27,113 29,133 4,416 208 60,900 1928 … 27,523 20,619 2,175 197 50,514 Totals … 99,901 158,445 41,037 808 300,191 It is not possible to furnish information as to the numbers of, or the amount of assistance given to, migrants from the individual parts of the United Kingdom, but the annual expenditure in connection with schemes of assisted migration arranged under the Empire Settlement Act has been as follows:
£ 1922–3 35,464 1923–4 424,882 1924–5 423,662 1925–6 569,875 1926–7 1,128,896 1927–8 1,282,906 1928–9 (nine months ending 31st December, 1928) 783,738