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British Empire (Migration)

Volume 155: debated on Thursday 22 June 1922

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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?

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—
Canada67,90721,047
Australia27,7518,859
New Zealand11,5131,568
Union of South Africa12,9035,894
*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 DestinationYear 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).65,59644,57392,207106,24931,388
U.S.America1,287,3511,35379,250219,401837
Philippine Islands and Guam23,31110,91832,00023,71811,619
Cuba7,33010,61443,70928,55815,626
Hayti1191191,8191,8081,940
Mexico14,4659,26634,43643,8447,166
Canada1,624136527,9491,701,7341,245,988278,979
Bermudas8,6416,45016,01822,3969,949
Bahamas5,22815,133118,599160,579140,428
Br. West India Islands78,91228,647107,30977,43024,509