BRITISH MIGRATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20689, 11 April 1929, Page 18

BRITISH MIGRATION.

OFFICIAL FIGURES. (From Opr Own Correspondent.) ruK EO?fD(XN\ March R Official returns relating to passenser traffic from and frv passenger that in 109« +ii« i. i rleat J Britain show parts of the RriH o an £° ol . ltwai,(t to other B 1 Empire was 66,456; and to foreign countries 16,374. In 1926 fi re wls , l C 00?or' Va Tf to the British Em. 192 S W.i°vi)~'-' £ he outward balance in (82,830) is the lowest recorded in of y the e nrese! C f e t,l? establish ment iii 1923 tn f'v„n P f n -* fc - 6enes , ® f statistics relating to Great Britain and Northern Ireland B T|-V le " case of 20,773 in the balance of Butish passengers outward in 1928 as compared with the figures for 1927* is mainly accounted for by the decreased net movement to Australia, New Zealand and in 9 States - The balances outward in 1928 to places within the Empire showed decreases of 12,557 in the number of British subjects to Australia, of 2972 S°onHf"Afr ?aaU « a, }d of 1247 to British Small decreases were also fVvi««i d 111 cases of India (including S,ite!iirk^rir p o,he '' EMPIRE SETTLEMENT ACT. Tim movement of British emigrants'to a ® a 'll'?! 6 showed a decrease duni * as compared with ■if!' . Ihe apparent increase in 1928 of v J3 - in . tha number to British North America is due to the outward movement in the September quarter of the harvesters to Canada, the great majority of these harvesters having been recorded as emigrants. If allowance were made for those harvesters who subsequently rcniinS • , re " °hld be a decrease of about’ 6000 in the number of British emigrants to this Dominion in 1928. There were substantial decreases of 12,277. and 2866 in the numbers proceeding to Australia and New Zealand respectively. There were small decreases in 1928 in the numbers going to British South Africa while the movement to India (including Ceyv? n i- . rJ° tbe ftrou P “ Other Parts of the , Empire,” was about the same in 1028 as in 1927. The provisional figures of departures under the Empire Settlement Act durinc 1928 were 20,619 to Australia, 2175 to New Zealand, 27,521 to Canada, 197 to South Africa, and seven to other places; the total of 50,519 included 16,573 men, 14,574 women, and 19,372 children. Such departures to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada represented 72, 44, and 50 per cent, respectively of the total number of British emigrants to those countries in 1928.