§ Major H. Fraserasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will give annual statistics of adults and children who emigrated, under the aus-
Men. Women. Children. Total. Canada 11,539 7,522 7,499 26,560 Australia 16,514 8,316 9,923 34,753 New Zealand 5,467 3,391 4,032 12,890 South Africa (including Southern Rhodesia) 2,688 1,777 1,429 5,894 Total 80,097 Detailed statistical particulars are not readily available relating to the number of men, women and children respectively who sailed under later schemes of Government assisted migration.
Sailings under Assisted Passage Agreements arranged under the Empire Settlement Acts, 1922 and 1937. Year. Canada. Australia. New Zealand. South Africa. Total. 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 8,097 127 39,530 1926 … … … 20,862 32,689 11,795 198 65,544 1927 … … … 27,114 29,136 4,446 221 60,917 1928 … … … 24,890 20,603 2,175 181 47,849 1929 … … … 21,012 11,528 1,849 87 71,750* 1930 … … … 8,327 1,978 1,312 74 29,098* 1931 … … … 1,239 211 421 60 5,498* 1932 … … … 298 188 106 39 631 1933 … … … 26 117 11 41 195 1934 … … … 42 192 9 60 303 1935 … … … 104 78 — 58 240 1936 … … … 63 94 10 79 246 1937 … … … 110 121 20 196 447 1938 … … … 119 1,255 12 711 2,097 Total 128,609 174,194 44,787 2,212 408,050 *Including 37,274 persons in 1929, 17,407 persons in 1930, and 3,567 persons in 1931 who proceeded as full-fare paying passengers under the £10 rate to Canada.