with which shall render a person a prohibited immigrant, SPECIAL PERMITS FOR THE TUBERCULAR Permits issued to persons afflicted with tuberculosis shall be issued in prescribed form, but no such permit shall be issued except at the ports of Capetown and Durban. Every such permit shall further be issued subject to such of the special conditions set out in the regulation as may be prescribed in any case, and such conditions shall be accepted in writing by the holder of the permit before the permit is issued to him. Any breach of these conditions shall be held to be a breach of the permit. The following shall be the special conditions aforesaid: (a) That the place of residence and every change of residence of the holder of this permit and his manner of transport shall be subject to the approval of the immigration officer in charge. (b) That the holder of this permit shall not at any time use or occupy any bedroom or other sleeping accommodation used by any other person. (c) That the holder of this permit shall observe and carry out such regulations as to the conditions of residence, disposal of sputum, disinfection, and generally for preventing spread of infection, as may be laid down by the local health authority; or, where there be no such authority, by the district surgeon or other authorized officer. (d) That the holder of this permit shall personally report himself, on arrival at any place forthwith, to the local health authority (if any) of such place of his arrival and address thereat. (e) That the holder of this permit shall present himself, at such times and places as may be prescribed, for such medical examination by the district surgeon or an approved medical practitioner, and shall defray the cost of such examination, or in the case of a district surgeon, pay fees therefor at a tariff prescribed by the Minister." GATES TEMPORARILY CLOSED The gates were for a time shut to every one, as is shown in the following notice 10 received by the writer: "EMIGRATION TO THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA "Notice "1. Intending emigrants to the Union of South Africa are again warned that the continued congestion of the Labor Market there has compelled the Government of the Union to revise the regulations. Notwithstanding repeated warnings that, owing to the conditions of unemployment prevailing there, immigration which was likely to aggravate those conditions would be restricted, immigrants continue to arrive in large numbers who have no employment and who are not possessed of means to maintain themselves. In these circumstances, it is necessary to warn intending immigrants that the provisions of the Immigrants' Regulation Act will be strictly enforced.. The possession of 20 pounds on landing, which sum was at one time looked upon as a sufficient safeguard for a capable worker, is now regarded as totally inadequate. What is an adequate sum it is not possible to say, but it must be clearly understood that unless the intending immigrant is able to produce to the Immigration Officer at the port of The Government of the Union is compelled to stop the issue of such Permits. Persons suffering from Tuberculosis would not be welcome in the Union. The Immigration Regulations will be strictly enforced." May 1, 1923. Special order which may be revoked at such time as is deemed wise. 10 From the Office of the High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa, Trafalgar Square, London, W. C. 2. Dated May, 1923. arrival evidence of definite employment, supported by an authority from the Union Government for his admission, his entry into the Union will be prohibited. "2. In the absence of employment, the intending immigrant must establish the fact that he has sufficient capital to maintain himself for a considerable period (at least twelve months) after arrival. Even skilled artisans in the standard trades should note that there is no prospect of employment in sight, and no forecast of a change can be made with any certainty. "3. The High Commissioner can give no assurance that a person will be allowed to land in the Union; the Immigration Regulations are administered at the Union ports and not in London." PROVISION IN REGARD TO ASIATICS Under the Union Immigrants' Act of 1913, which is of general application to all classes and races, Asiatics, except wives and young children of domiciled residents, are excluded, not eo nomine, but under a certificate of the Minister. This is designed to prevent the entry of further male Asiatics, except as permitted under a special Registration Act in the Transvaal,11 and moreover, restricts Asiatics to the province in which they are resident. PROBLEM OF ADMITTING ASIATICS RECOGNIZED The trend of opinion in South Africa, as elsewhere in the countries studied, is against Asiatic immigration. The problem there is complicated because of numbers of East Indians whose services had been utilized advantageously in the tea and sugar industries, particularly in Natal, before the formation of the Union. As illustrative of the variety of Asiatic "Law No. 3 of 1885 of the Republic required that Asiatics who entered for trade or other purposes should register within eight days after their arrival, and pay a tax of 25 pounds, which was later reduced to 3 pounds. races with their concomitant problems, the number registered in the Transvaal for the year 1914 is given below: The different religions, which still further complicate relations, represented by this number is now shown: The Orange Free State alone seems to have succeeded in a practical exclusion of Asiatics by the action of laws originally passed by that Republic and preserved in the Union Immigrants' Act. In 1911, there were only 88 males and 20 females in the state.12 It will be seen that the races, religions, and customs which must be harmonized within the Union are numerous. The color question alone must be well-nigh staggering, since aboriginal black men are there by the million, but the Union seems to be successful in dealing with them. NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS As in other countries, provision is made in the South African Union for the naturalization of aliens. The Naturalization of Aliens Act of 1910 was one of the first laws passed "Official Year Book, 1910-20, No. 4, page 172. by the Union. To be eligible for naturalization an alien 1o must satisfy the following conditions. (1) He must be at least twenty-one years old. (2) He must within the five years immediately preceding (3) He must have been in the service of the Crown. The procedure of naturalization is interesting. As a first step the candidate must publish, in prescribed form in the Union Gazette, notice of his intention. After that he must procure a certificate of good repute from a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, to whom he is personally known. The applicant must duly and legally declare the accuracy of such certificate, which, attached to the completed form of application, is sent to the Secretary of the Interior at Pretoria. If approved by the Minister, a declaration of allegiance blank is forwarded, which must be signed before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace and returned, when a certificate of naturalization may be issued. The total expense is nine shillings. 14 A person naturalized in the Union is entitled only while in the Union to the privileges, and subject to the obligations, of a British subject. He cannot claim British rights in any other part of the Empire, although the custom is to accord British protection to the individual in foreign states except the state to which he originally owed allegiance. During 1920, 1845 aliens were naturalized, 1442 of whom were Russians. The next largest number, 190, came from Germany; a great many other countries were represented by one or two each. Doubtless the Russians and Germans had been long resident in South Africa and applied for naturalization as soon as war restrictions were lifted. Alien is equivalent to non-British. "Official Year Book, 1910-20, No. 4, pages 173-174. |