given on identity cards are checked, and alternative addresses visited, Sometimes night checks are necessary. At times even thorough investiga- tion still leaves the case in doubt and it is then referred to a senior officer for decision. A 'white card' (i.e. Resettlement Department temporary identity card) is issued to the head of each household considered to be genuinely living in the clearance area, and completed screening forms are passed on to the division's Clearance Unit.
31. About a month before the clearance is due to take place, the Clearance Unit issues notices giving the date by which the squatters should register, the date on which they should move, the date by which their houses must be demolished, particulars of the type of accommoda- tion for which the family is cligible and the procedure to be followed. The Area Officer responsible for the clearance delivers these notices personally, and takes this opportunity to explain to the head of each household what is happening and to answer questions. So important is this personal contact that if a head of household is not at home the Area Officer will make repeated visits until he sees him. During the next four weeks the Area Officer has to be ready to deal with all kinds of requests and to help in solving personal and family problems.
32. By the end of the first week most of the questions have been answered and a great many personal problems have been solved or alleviated. By the second week registration is usually complete and all 'white cards', birth certificates, identity cards and other documents checked to ensure that no additions or substitutions have been made since screening took place. Each household is then required to produce a group photograph of all members of the family, and the head of the household then receives his letter of authority to enter a particular resettle- ment estate. During the third week the Clearance Unit prepares a nominal roll showing the composition of each household and forwards this, together with all the group photographs, to the estate staff one or two weeks before the move, so that all rooms can be allocated in advance.
33. In the fourth week the move takes place. If the clearance is a large one, as many as 1,000 persons may move in one day. If necessary, the department provides transport both for the squatters themselves and for their personal belongings. By this time they will have sold their struc- tures to contractors for the demolition value of the materials, and within a few days of the move the clearance area will be free for permanent development.
34. Meanwhile, if cultivation is involved the Cultivation Unit will have completed its survey and prepared schedules of crop values and the
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