44. After determining relative priorities, the sub-division draws up a fortnightly schedule of clearance for the information of the govern- ment departments and public utilities concerned. This schedule sets out the areas to be cleared and the estates in which the people will be resettled. This is an almost continuous process, for the clearance pro- gramme must be flexible and clearance dates are often changed due to unpredictable factors such as a sudden demand for resettlement accom- modation, perhaps as the result of a natural disaster's occurring in a cottage area or the urgent need to clear land for a public purpose or owing to unforeseen delays in completing the construction of particular resettlement blocks.
SCREENING AND CLEARANCE
45. The structures found in clearance areas vary greatly. Some are the familiar wooden shacks, others are substantial buildings of stone or even of reinforced concrete. Most of the more substantial buildings are on leased agricultural land or in permit area. Many of these are divided into cubicles and are as crowded as the regular squatter huts. Others may be occupied by only one or two families maintaining a reasonably high standard of living. Some clearance areas may have a high propor- tion of small-scale industries and shops will be found in many areas. Each of these premises has to be inspected to determine its resettlement eligibility. The occupants are often as varied in their educational back- ground and financial resources as the uses to which buildings are put, and a different approach is needed for each.
46. The first step in clearing a squatter area is the survey and tabula- tion of huts. In order to ensure that only genuine residents are given resettlement, it is necessary to discourage the influx of interlopers (known in resettlement jargon as 'impostors') and notices are posted in the clearance area to warn impostors who may move into the area that they will not be eligible for resettlement. The activity and publicity caused by the procedure for resuming private land, by the cancellation of permits, and by cultivation surveys tend to give the game away and an influx of impostors precedes most clearances. It is also common for squatter landlords to sell off the cubicles they own when a clearance is imminent, as they may expect to receive no more rent when their tenants have been screened and become eligible for resettlement. It is therefore necessary to number each structure and take particulars of the approximate family composition of the people who claim to live in
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