In 1901 the foreigners were 76 in 10,000 of the population; that is a good deal less than one per cent.

Our numbers as a nation are not increased by immigration.

On the contrary, between 1871 and 1901 we lost considerably by emigration.[19] Even London, the centre of attraction to foreigners, does not contain nearly so large a per-centage of foreigners as any other great capital.

The census gave 3 per cent.

as the proportion of foreigners, excluding those born in England of foreign parents.