HC Deb 05 December 1945 vol 416 c2491W
Major H. Fraser

asked 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.