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7. Similar Ordinances have been enacted from time to time as the development of the Colony required, but generally it has not been found necessary or even desirable, in view of the geographical position of the Colony and the com- position of the majority of its inhabitants, to discourage free immigration until the overwhelming influx of refugees during the last two or three years made immigration control a neces- sity in the interests of health, sanitation and defence.
8. The scheme as at present envisaged is an emergency measure to meet abnormal conditions; and it is the intention of the Government to re-examine the whole problem as soon as the situation permits.
9. A table of correspondence is attached showing the relation between the new provisions and the enactments they will replace.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General
October, 1940.
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