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No. 6.

NATAL.

GOVERNOR SIR H. E. MCCALLUM to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received January 17, 1903.)

[Copy of the Acts and Law referred to at the end of the enclosure, to Foreign Office, January 26, 1903. L.F.]

(No. 356.)

SIR,

Government House, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, December 22, 1902. In reply to your despatch, No. 178, of the 14th November,* enquiring what laws and regulations are applicable in Natal to immigrants of Asiatic race, I have the honour to forward copy of memorandum on the subject prepared by the Secretary, Law Department.

I have, &c.,

Enclosure in No. 6.

HENRY MCCALLUM.

Memorandum with reference to Laws and Acts relating to Asiatic immigrants to Natal.

There are no laws applying specifically to Asiatic or Japanese immigrants. I put up a copy of the Immigration Restriction Act (No. 1), 1897,† which would apply to Asiatics and Japanese in the same way as to persons of other nationalities.

I also enclose a copy of Act, No. 8, 1896, "To amend the Law relating to the Franchise," which excludes from the enjoyment of the franchise subjects of those countries which have not hitherto possessed elective representative institutions founded on the Parliamentary Franchise, unless specially exempted by the Governor in Council.

It is probably not necessary to give any detailed information in regard to the Indian Immigration Laws, as these deal only with a class of persons specially introduced by a public department, and do not affect "immigrants" in the ordinary sense of the term. The Laws and Acts are as follows:-

Law No. 25, 1891.

Act No. 17, 1895.

7, 1896.

21

14, 1897.

13

28, 1897.

19, 1898.

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1, 1900.

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2. In pursuance of your request, I transmit a letter from my Ministers, giving general information on the subject, and covering copies of all Acts of Tasmania bearing on it. You will observe that there has been no special legislation with respect to Japanese.

3. I do not propose to send a copy of this despatch to the Governor-General.

I have, &c.,

A. E. HAVELOCK,

(P. O. 35/02.) YOUR EXCELLENCY,

Enclosure in No. 7.

Governor.

Premier's Office, Hobart, December 15, 1902. REFERRING to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State's despatch, No. 39, dated the 16th October last, returned herewith, requesting to be furnished with copies of all the Acts and Regulations in force in this State bearing on the subject of the position in Tasmania of Asiatics, and in particular of Japanese, I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of the "Alien Act,"* (25 Vict., No. 2) of this State, which deals with the holding of real and personal property by “aliens,” and with the naturalization of aliens.

Under our Constitution Acts, no person can exercise the franchise unless he is a natural-born or naturalised subject of His Majesty, and no person may be elected a Member of the Legislative Council or House of Assembly of Tasmania unless he is a subject of the King, either natural-born, or for at least five years a naturalised alien.

I also forward herewith copies of "The Chinese Immigration Act, 1887,"* (51 Vict., No. 9), which applied only to Chinese, and not to Japanese, and of "The Immigration Restriction Act,* (62 Vict., No. 69), which was of wider applicability. In my opinion, both these last-mentioned Acts are superseded by "The Immi- gration Restriction Act," No. 17 of 1901, of the Federal Parliament, which now regulates the admission into the Commonwealth of Asiatics and others.

With the exceptions above referred to, I am not aware of any Acts or Regula- tions which define the limits of the position of Asiatics.or Japanese in this State.

I have, &c.,

His Excellency

The Governor of Tasmania,

Hobart.

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N. E. LEWIS,

Premier.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

December 16, 1902.

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No. 7.

TASMANIA.

W. J. F. BIRD, Secretary,

Law Department.

GOVERNOR SIR A. E. HAVELOCK to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received January 28, 1903.)

(No. 101.) SIR,

Government House, Hobart, December 19, 1902.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 39, of the 18th October last, † asking me to furnish you with all the Acts and Regulations in force in Tasmania, respecting the position of Asiatics, and in particular of Japanese.

(No. 143.)

No. 8.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

GOVERNOR SIR H. RAWSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received January 26, 1903.)

SIR,

State Government House, Sydney, December 20, 1902. ADVERTING to your despatch, No. 126, of the 16th October last,† asking to be furnished with copies of all Acts and Regulations in force in New South Wales respecting Asiatics and Japanese, I have the honour, at the instance of my

Ministers, to inform you that the only Act in force in this State bearing on the subject is the "Chinese Restriction and Regulation Act, 1888,"* a copy of which I enclose here- with.

I have, &c.,

HARRY H. RAWSON,

Governor.

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