Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 592

In June 1908, the federal government of Southern Africa conducted its first census.

Inadvertently, the Chinese have become the largest ethnic group in southern Africa, with a total population of 83.4.

Although a large number of Boers died in the war during the Boer War, or were exiled, or left southern Africa on their own initiative, there were still 71 Boers in the nine southern African states at that time, making them the second largest ethnic group in southern Africa.

Then came the other whites, including the British, with a total population of only 65.7.

The main population with normal citizenship rights in southern Africa is these three major groups. The Africans with the largest total population are not included in the statistics. Therefore, the federal government does not know how many Africans there are in southern Africa. There is only a rough estimate, 450 About ten thousand people.

The total population of the three ethnic groups with citizenship is only 220.1 million, while the total area of ​​the nine southern African states is 324 million square kilometers, with an average of less than 0.7 people per square kilometer.

The current southern Africa includes the future South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and central Mozambique, plus a part of the Congo territory.

It should be noted that, except for Botswana, which belongs to the platform terrain, which is not suitable for the development of agriculture and can only develop animal husbandry, other areas in southern Africa are very suitable for the development of agriculture. Therefore, although the current agriculture in southern Africa is not developed, but the future agriculture will definitely will become the economic backbone of Southern Africa.

Among the 220.1 million people, less than [-] have received higher education, and because of the current situation in southern Africa, most of the highly educated talents are still employed by various corporate mines, the federal government and even many workers He is still illiterate, and does not even have the most basic reading and writing skills, so the federal government's demand for high-quality talents can be imagined.

However, the current situation in southern Africa determines that it is difficult for the federal government to obtain high-quality talents from Europe. People's first choice is also a country composed of white people such as Australia and Canada, rather than a multi-ethnic country in southern Africa.

"Can you imagine that among the 90.00 first-class secretaries in the Prime Minister's Office Secretariat, only six of them have ever studied in Europe, and after graduating from high school, they can work as secretaries in the federal government to assist the Prime Minister in handling paperwork. More than [-]% of the staff in the Ministry of Education are not You can speak English, and the total amount of paper used by your Ministry of National Defense is less than a hundred sheets a month, because many people are illiterate and can’t use it at all—” Sidney Milner poured out bitterness after seeing Rock, and even Looking at those students who have not yet graduated, their eyes are red.

If Sidney Milner only complains about the Secretariat and the Ministry of Education, then Roark will let it go. It would be good if six people in the Secretariat have studied in Europe. Because Yang Smozi is a Boer, most of the staff in the Ministry of Education are Boers. Don’t forget that the British and the Boers were still at war a few years ago. The Boers are willing to learn English. ghost.

As for the Ministry of War, don't expect the gangsters who only know how to march and fight to write a lot of words. The reason why Hopkins moved the office of the Ministry of War away from the Palace of Justice is because Ade really can't understand the working status of the Ministry of War. Pukins himself often leads people to gather and drink in the office, and the ministers are like this, so don't expect the staff to work hard.

Of course, there is no way to work hard. The current federal government is not the same as the previous local government. All departments are gradually becoming regularized. These people will be eliminated sooner or later, and now they are just dawdling.

"Let's talk about the purpose directly. I know the situation of the Ministry of War better than you—" Roque was so busy that he didn't want to be Sidney Milner's tree hole.

"How many graduates does Nyasaland University have this year?" Sidney Milner's appetite grew.

"1375!" Rock succinctly said.

"1375! 1375 graduates, but you only give me 25 people? No, I want at least [-]! Give me [-] graduates!" Sidney Milner became emotional in an instant.

"Impossible. Nearly a thousand of these 1375 people are Wei Pei students from enterprises in Nyasaland. They will return to work in their original units. Among the remaining graduates, some will continue to study in schools. , Some people have already signed contracts with the Nyasaland government before they graduated, and the 25 people squeezed out for you are still from the Nyasaland government, or I don’t even have these 25 people.” Rock Flatly reject it, this is only the first batch of graduates from Nyasaland University, excluding those Wei Pei students, there are only less than 400 graduates in total, not to mention the entire federal government, these 400 people are not even satisfied Assaran's need for talent.

The point is that this is a talent cultivated by Nyasaland himself. The degree of recognition for Nyasaland is different from those immigrants from Europe.

During the Boer War, many whites who were willing to go to the front to fight for the British government were born and raised in southern Africa, while most of the new immigrants from Europe returned to Europe or went to other colonies to find opportunities.

Therefore, no matter whether the British Education Council recognizes the graduation certificate of Nyasaland University, the graduates of Nyasaland University will not worry about jobs. Now it is an absolute seller's market. Pick and choose.

Among other things, among the 25 people Rock squeezed to Sidney Milner, it is certain that most of them will work in the federal government secretariat. Maybe some of them will become first-class secretaries when they arrive at the secretariat, that is, in recent years There is such an opportunity, and in a few years, such a good thing will not even need to be thought about.

"Locke, don't do this, give some more, even if it's only a hundred. The prime minister has to work until two o'clock in the morning every day. Dr. Simpson has already issued a warning for the prime minister's health. Don't you want to make the prime minister more relaxed? What's more, you must know what benefits these graduates will bring to Nyasaland and the Chinese in southern Africa when they work for the federal government, so their value should not be limited to Nyasaland—" Sidney Milner is also earnest. In order to get more talents, it is okay to be humble.

It should be noted that most of the graduates this time are of Chinese descent, and many of them are the first family members of the Cape Town Chinese policemen who came to southern Africa.

When Roque was in Oak Town, he insisted on educating the families of Chinese police officers.

After arriving in Johannesburg, Roque established the Bigwig School. At that time, almost all the family members of the Chinese police officers entered the Bigwig School for further education.

When Nyasaland University started enrolling students, the family members of the first batch of Chinese police officers had already received five or six years of formal education. Although it was not complete compared with secondary education, it was enough to enter Nyasaland University.

Compared with most people in southern Africa, it is not easy to receive five or six years of formal education. After all, the Boer War ended in 1902, and there was no complete public education system in southern Africa until 1904. Learners will stand out.

One thing is for sure, when these Chinese graduates enter the federal government, they will definitely be more emotionally inclined to the Chinese, and more inclined to Nyasaland and the Transvaal where the Chinese gather. This will have a subtle influence on the policies of the federal government. influences.

What's more, in the foreseeable next few years, many of these young people who are the first to work in the federal government will definitely take up leadership positions, which will have a huge impact on the future federal government of southern Africa.

"Sidney, I know there is a big gap on your side, but you also need to understand the specific situation in Nyasaland. Just now you said that only six of the fifteen first-class secretaries in the Federal Government Secretariat had ever studied in Europe. Do you feel that this is already miserable? Maybe you don’t know that there are less than fifteen secretaries in the Nyasaland State Government. Only Governor Anton has a permanent secretary, and the heads of other departments even need to share The secretary handles the paperwork, can you imagine a group of ministers queuing up to find the secretary to write a report?" Roque also has no choice, the federal government has a big talent gap, and the Nyasaland state government is even bigger.

Anyway, the federal government is the central government of southern Africa. If there is not enough manpower, it can be transferred from local governments such as Cape and Transvaal. Nyasaland is a state with Chinese as the main body. Most Chinese have never accepted English before. Education, so the gap here is even worse.

Sidney Milner still wanted to fight for it, but at this moment he suddenly saw Anton, whose face was flushed and glowing with energy.

So Sidney Milner immediately gave up on Rock: "Well, I won't discuss this issue with you, I will go to Governor Anthony—"

Anton's English name is Anthony.

It was obvious that Anton was in a good mood at this moment, and he didn't realize that Sidney Milner was planning to play him. Anton's attention was all on Douglas, who was also flushed and energetic.

Douglas was also in a good mood. Douglas went to find Roque a few days ago, but Roque sent a telegram to Sidney Milner, and then Ade sent a telegram to the British Education Council and the current British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith sent a telegram.

Douglas does not know the specific content of Ade’s telegram, but it is said that Ade scolded the members of the Education Committee, criticizing the Education Committee for deliberately suppressing the education development in southern Africa, and claiming that if the Education Committee does not recognize Nyasaland University’s diploma, then the Federal Government of Southern Africa will withdraw from the British Education Council.

This threat is still very effective, as part of the Commonwealth, the Federal Government of Southern Africa is indeed a member of the British Education Council.

(End of this chapter)