Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 702 Passport System

  Statistics from the immigration department as of the end of June 1895 show that among the 33 million people of the Ocean Kingdom, the total population of Australia's mainland has increased sharply to 18.66 million from 15.14 million at the end of 1893.

  Among these, most of the destinations of spontaneous immigrants are in Australia, and most of the destinations of family immigrants are also the same. Coupled with the soaring local newborn population, 3.5 million residents have soared in a year and a half.

  Of course, this situation cannot be replicated.

  Since July, the number of immigrants from the Beijing-Tianjin area has dropped sharply. There are only three or four thousand people per month, which can be as full as two medium-sized immigrant ships.

  At the beginning of August, there was not even a single person left. If you want immigrants to at least go to the British Concession on the Jiaodong Peninsula and take a boat out to sea, Jinmen will definitely be out of play.

  This is because Gu Zhixue, governor of Beizhili, returned to Beijing to report his duties and stayed idle. The court planned to have another appointment. He could not return to Jinmen in a short period of time to control the power, which means he was left aside and cooled.

  At the end of July, during the crisis, the 20,000 elite new troops who went north to Jinmen, under the leadership of Duan Qirui, General Soldier of Guangdong, boarded the ship and returned to Guangdong and Guangxi. They were not allowed to enter Beijing and Tianjin without being summoned.

  It’s really good. The scars are forgotten to hurt.

  As for the merits of the King Jingqin, cough cough...not to mention it.

  Summoned by the imperial court at a critical time when the Japanese army was under pressure, these 20,000 new army elites went north to Jinmen Qinwang, not only did not receive half credit and good looks, they even did not supply food.

  If you didn’t bring your own food, grass, and ammunition, I’m afraid it would have been scattered long ago. In addition, the new army was squeezed out by the local Beiyang army, clear rumors officials attacked, a large basket of impeachment memorials for various counts, life was quite difficult.

  The impeachment governor Gu Zhixue has a large basket, the military officer Duan Qirui has a large basket, and the Beiyang Prime Minister Li Hongzhang is piled up like a hill, all of which are impeachment memorials.

  As soon as the crisis of the fall of the court has eased a little, the internal fighting and political disputes have become fierce again.

  Oh, we can’t talk about this dynasty that is about to enter the woods. It is all gloomy negative emotions, and there is no hope.

  Back to the topic

It is estimated that by the end of this year, the number of local residents in Australia may exceed the 20 million mark. Among them, there are about 1.1 million white people (about 600,000 in the two southern states, about 400,000 in Queensland, plus South Australia and Western Australia). Tens of thousands of white descent in Australia), accounting for about 5.2% of the total population.

  The population of the East Indies and the indigenous population is less than 50,000, accounting for only four thousandths of the population. The rest are all Chinese residents, and the proportion of the population is rapidly increasing.

  Moreover, in the foreseeable next ten years, the number of white races may only increase slightly, and they are obviously weak in the proportion of the population.

  The main reason for this situation is the passport, commonly known as "Black Bener".

  Before the founding of the country

  Queensland has long implemented the identity paper system. Because of the bad name, it was not called "passport" but "identity paper" at that time.

The "identity paper" does not have a photo, it is only a simple identification certificate for every naturalized citizen, but it has an extremely important role, whether it is by boat, train, hotel, property purchase, bank account, marriage registration , To apply for civil servants, join the army, and pay taxes all require "identity papers." Without it, it can be said to be difficult.

It is precisely because of the strict implementation of the "identity paper" system that Australia’s annual population statistics are very accurate. Just check the numbers at the immigration department. If you think the numbers are unreliable, then check with the shipping department and the bank. Basically, all the water can be squeezed out.

It is precisely with the foreshadowing of the previous ten years that the formal implementation of the passport system after the founding of the country has been extremely smooth. All citizens have to do is to replace the ID card with a more formal "black copy", which is to paste photos, stamp and mark. Official certificate with royal coat of arms.

  Passport has one certificate and one number. Each state has an independent code number, and each city and town also has an independent code number. The experienced police will look clear at a glance, and only the certificate number will know where you are.

  For Chinese immigrants who formally receive a "passport", the officials of the Ministry of the Interior review are quite lax. The ethnic group registered is the Tang nationality, commonly known as "Tang people". Most of the Ocean Kingdom belongs to the Tang nationality, which is another name for the Chinese.

  Regardless of the Chinese immigrants from any province on the mainland, their previous status will not work, they are all registered as Tang nationality.

  If you say "No, which ethnic group do I belong to". That's good; "Next".

  Then the Ministry of Interior officials will put a black cross on your application report, and you cannot apply for a "passport" again within 5 years.

This means that you will not be able to get married within 5 years, pay taxes legally, take a boat and train, buy a house and live in a hotel, you can do almost nothing, and it is impossible to even leave Australia because you cannot buy a ferry ticket. .

  No explanation, no resistance, no trouble, and the daring to force the whipping directly to take the flogging, which will take effect on the spot.

  Pick a whip according to the regulations. The whip basically trembles when I walk down. The key is that there is black material in the file. This is the biggest trouble.

  In the case of no objection, the passport application for Chinese immigrants is passed smoothly. Basically, as long as there is a local employer's certificate or a certificate from the family union, it is enough to come and pass 10.

However, this proof is not random. If the person has a criminal record that is concealed and not reported, commits an illegal act, commits a crime, abducted, and committed crimes, once it is revealed in the future, he will be guilty and bear joint and several liability. The property losses in the water are all minor, and ruin is also possible.

  This is to screen the population applying for passports through the private restraint system.

There are many East Indies concubines purchased by wealthy families. Arab concubines also obtain a Chinese passport through this method. As long as they can speak a few simple Chinese and have the host’s guarantee, the officials of the Ministry of the Interior will keep an eye on this. Close one eye.

  Shangfeng has long been stipulated; there is no kind of education, and the kind is also good.

  Meaning that you have your own experience, anyway, as long as you have the willingness to join the Tang Clan, open the door to welcome.

  So you can often see blonde women, Arab women in turbans, Bornean women who are shy, and Indian Asan with his head covered in hard-hearted words, "Goose is scary."

  OK, with a big stroke, it's passed.

  Go to pay the fee and take a photo. After ten days, you will get the ID with the receipt. You will be Tang Lian from now on.

  In the intermarriage between Chinese and white people, as long as one-fourth of the Chinese blood is obtained, you can apply for a Tang passport. In the future, you will be able to study and work in Ocean Kingdom without any difficulties.

  So in the registration of newborns, most of them are of the Tang nationality. Only purely white intermarried children will be registered as "alien-Ireland", "alien-American", "alien-German", "alien-France"...

  This part is still a citizen of the Ocean Kingdom, but it has been labelled as a foreign race since birth. If you want to get ahead, you must work harder. At least, a fluent Chinese pronunciation is indispensable.

  Otherwise, let alone job hunting, it will be difficult even to live.

  Most of the lower-middle-class Chinese immigrants are illiterate. Those who understand English, French, and Russian can't really buy food at the vegetable market.

  Citizens who have not been formally naturalized in the country take "blank books". This thing is called a "temporary residence permit". It is not a passport. It only has a limited function to prove identity, so that the royal police can check it at any time.

  What about foreigners who have no intention of naturalization?

  Of course, it’s okay for European and American countries to have official passports. For example, citizens of powerful countries such as Britain, France, Germany and the United States have passports, but countries such as the Kingdom of Italy, Austria-Hungary, Sweden, and Spain do not, nor do Irish people, let alone citizens of South American countries.

There is no passport in the Qing Dynasty. Only official diplomats in Fusang have passports. Millions of Nanyang sisters and Fusang langren (not all in Australia) have nothing, and they are all poor. , There is a terrible one.

For these foreign immigrants who do not have passports, Ocean Kingdom issued a "temporary paper", which is only used to prove their identity, nationality, purchase of ferry tickets, and train tickets. They need to go through registration and application with relevant departments, and they can proceed only after permission. Limited time of stay.

  It is very difficult for these people to apply for a foreign passport, almost impossible.

Officials of the Ministry of the Interior will take it very seriously and require the presentation of the relevant country’s permit to leave the country, the invitation letter from domestic enterprises, schools and non-governmental organizations, the ship ticket, the reason for the naturalization application, the certificate of no less than 5 guarantors, the certificate of no criminal history, and the ability to learn. A lot of documents for proof and so on.

The examiner will ask a lot of questions in detail, such as why you are interested in becoming a naturalized Ocean Kingdom, what religion you believe in, whether your faith is piety, whether you like to watch opera, what plans do you have in the future, and whether you are willing to swear allegiance to the king? Are you willing to break with everything in the past?

   chuckling and murmuring for more than half a day, and the low passing rate at the end makes people desperate, and it feels like a joke.

  The same rice raises hundreds of people. It is easy for people from the Qing Dynasty to join the Tang nationality. Many people have to apply for "alien-Manqing".

  Well, since you don’t want to be naturalized, then don’t become naturalized. Wait until you have worked so hard to earn back the money for the ferry ticket, buy a ferry ticket and return to my Daqing, no one will stop you.

  Although there are passports for the column "Foreign Race ~ Manqing", no more than 50 passports have been issued so far.

  In the Ocean Kingdom, such people have no room for survival, and a "temporary paper" is stuck with all possibilities. This is also applicable to Fusang nationals. One mouthful of Fusang will block the possibility of naturalization.

  There are also passports for the column "Foreign Race ~ Fusang", but so far, it can be counted with fingers outstretched. It is not too much to say that it is a little bit of a hundred thousand miles.

In Australia and overseas states, there are many prostitution treatments offered by Nanyang sisters and Fusang people. There are no statistics on how many people, but in simple terms, there are more than 200,000. This part of the population has no official status and can only be confined to one place for a long time. He has no right to buy land and property, so he can only engage in the lowly brothel prostitution industry.

  No one knows why this is the case, but this is the unspoken rule.

  Their income is transferred to qualified Fusang diplomats and remitted overseas through official accounts opened by Huitong Bank or Shangri-La Bank. This is a major source of income for the Fusang government.

The fate of these Nanyang sisters is the most tragic. When they are flourishing and flourishing, they turn to the door to laugh, and when they are old and sick or sick, no one cares, and they have no money. They can only die alone in their illness. The pit is buried.

  This is by no means a fabrication, but a portrayal of Nanyang's true fate. The reality is far more cruel than literary imagination.

  (End of this chapter)