§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade the emigration figures for each of the last 12 months to any of the Dominions overseas?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe numbers of British subjects who were recorded in the lists of passengers from ports in this country as leaving permanent residence in the United Kingdom to take up permanent residence in the undermentioned divisions of the British Empire in each month from April, 1929, to March, 1930, are shown in the following table: 413W
Mouth. Country of Future Permanent Residence.* British North America. Australia. New Zealand. British South Africa. India (including Ceylon). Other parts of the British Empire. Total British Empire. 1929. April … … … 12,187 1,244 273 486 202 446 14,838 May … … … … 12,865 1,465 186 545 225 458 15,744 June … … … … 7,712 822 277 357 206 297 9,671 July … … … … 5,712 1,325 246 532 201 469 8,485 August … … … 5,761 1,711 587 427 482 573 9,541 September … … … 4,365 1,930 550 550 l,065 638 9,098 October … … … 2,873 2,405 497 387 1,510 852 8,524 November … … … 2,325 1,515 575 751 834 709 6,709 December … … … 765 914 460 348 321 381 3,189 1930. January … … … 915 919 395 482 476 594 3,781 February … … … 1,169 855 272 345 333 410 3,384 March … … … 4,239 786 177 334 300 399 6,235 Total for 12 months ended March, 1930. 60,888 15,891 4,495 5,544 6,155 6,226 99,199 * Residence for a year or more is treated as permanent residence for the purposes of this classification.