COST OF MIGRATION
BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS MEW ZEALAND PAYS £136,764 h|' Cable. — Press Association.—Copyright hied. 9.55 a.m. LONDON, Monday. Replying to a question in the House Commons Mr. L. S. Amery, Secre*ry of State for the Dominions, said ' at no separate figures were kept of o'souhh migration to the Dominions. The total British expenditure under Empire Settlement Act for 62,503 ®>Brants to Canada, Australia and ' ™ Zealand during the year ended «rch 31, was £ 1,297,499, of which kntam provided £701,121, and the Dominions £596,378, including t«>6,7Sl from Australia for 31,638 oiigrants, £102,833 from Canada for ‘.' s7s migrants, and £136,764 from T Zea * £ ' U(7 f° r 11,292 migrants. Amery stated that experimental • m Pire broadcasting had not reached ' stage when he could ask the colonies ““tribute towards the cost, though • did not imagine they would be rectant to share the expense.—A. and •' Z.-Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 94, 12 July 1927, Page 1
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