Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over dominion administration and legislation // Chapter IV. The immigration of coloured races

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CHAPTER 1V THE IMMIGRATION OF COLOURED RACES 3 1. CHINESE IMMIGRATION No question at present exceeds in difficulty the question of the relations of the Imperial Government and the Dominion Governments with regard to the immigration of coloured persons in the Dominions and their treatment while there. Happily in some ways there are traces of settled policy being evolved from which good may flow, but the situation is still fraught with serious possibilities of conflict. The case of the Chinese stands by itself and can well be treated separately. The Chinese have no treaty right what- ever to set foot on any British possession, for the Treaty of Nankin in 1842 and the Treaty of Pekin in 1860 are unilateral, and do not secure any freedom of migration to the Chinese.! The discovery of gold in Australia led in 1854 to a Chinese influx, which was met by a series of Acts in Victoria (beginning with a law (No. 39) in 1855 forbidding more than one Chinaman to be brought in for each ten tons of the vessel bringing him), the chief among which—a poll- tax—diminished the numbers of Chinese from 42,000 in 1859 {in 1854 there were only 2,000) to 20,000 in 1863. The laws were repealed in 1865 (No. 259). South Australia legislated in 1857 (No. 3), but repealed the Act in 1861 (No. 14); New South Wales in 1861 (No. 3), but repealed the Act in 1867 (No. 8); Queensland, after a Bill in 1876, which was re- served by Governor Cairns, and, despite the protests of the Government against reservation merely because of its un- asual character and importance, did not receive the royal assent, in 1878 (No. 8) provided that Asiatic and African aliens could not mine on the goldfields until three years after their first proclamation as goldfields, while in 1877 (No. 8) it regulated immigration by imposing a £10 head tax, ! See Parl. Pap., C. 56374; contra, C. 5448, p- 57. Llz2

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