Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 725

Southern Africa's parliamentary seats are determined by the number of voters in each state, and voters here specifically refer to male citizens who have the right to vote.

Adelaide's term as prime minister is until 1912. Now Adelaide has not expressed his opinion on whether he will fight for re-election at that time. Philip will definitely run for election.

It doesn't matter which of these two people take the stage, Roque has no opinion, no matter who takes the stage, Roque is the winner.

Compared with the general election in 1908, by 1912, women over the age of 30 in southern Africa will also have the right to vote, so the number of voters will increase greatly by then.

Compared with women, the increase of Chinese voters in 1912 will be more.

In 1908, in order to limit the number of Chinese voters, the Election Commission at the time stipulated that only male citizens who had five years of fixed tax records in southern Africa could have the right to vote, which restricted only those who came to southern Africa before 1903 and had Only Chinese with continuous tax payment records have the right to vote.

In 1912, the cut-off time became 1907. At that time, not to mention the whole of southern Africa, just in Nyasaland, there will be nearly 30 more valid votes.

What is the concept of 30 copies?

In 1908, there were less than 30 male citizens with the right to vote in the whole of southern Africa.

So even though Roque is far away in Nyasaland, Pretoria's influence has not weakened at all. These days, votes are everything. Without votes, another People's Party with absolute power in time and space can only be marginalized.

Owen is now finally feeling the threat of votes.

If the Chinese in southern Africa no longer support the Liberal Party, then the Liberal Party will instantly fall from the throne of the largest party in Congress.

Fortunately, Rock is also a member of the Matilda family, so don't worry about this issue.

"How many Chinese are there in Nyasaland?" Owen asked this question seemingly casually.

The number of Chinese in Nyasaland has not been stabilized. The federal government has worked hard to increase the population, enacted various benefits, and promised various benefits. As a result, the increase rate of whites is not even one-tenth of that of Chinese.

The data reported by Nyasaland Immigration Bureau to the federal government is also very random. It may be 90 in the previous year, and the number will become 70 in the next year. In the words of the Federal Government Immigration Department, this is an insult to IQ .

Yes, in order to attract more immigrants in southern Africa, there is indeed a special department in charge, but the office of the immigration office is in Cape Town, not Port Edward, which has the largest population.

"Now I can't tell, it should be more than a million—" Rock's attitude in reporting the data was as casual as that of the Immigration Bureau.

"Should?" Owen couldn't laugh or cry. Except for Nyasaland, all the states in southern Africa have widely publicized the increase in population as their political achievements. Nyasaland is the only one who is so casual on this issue.

"It is true that there are no accurate figures. Although many immigrants have registered in Port Edward, they will not settle in Nyasaland. Many of them are visiting relatives and friends. After registering in Port Edward, they will go to the Transvaal , Rhodesia, Bechuanaland, and even Cape Town, so the entry records of Port Edward are inaccurate." Rock has no choice, when the population increase can be measured as political achievements, all the data are actually inaccurate .

When population is no longer the main problem in southern Africa, then the population data will be real data.

"How many people are enrolled in the state schools in Nyasaland?" Owen put it another way. Only permanent residents of Nyasaland are eligible to receive education in Nyasaland public schools. This number will never fluctuate. .

"This data is even more difficult to say. There are many kinds of state schools in Nyasaland, not only primary and secondary schools stipulated by the Ministry of Education, but also kindergartens for infants and young children, and literacy classes for adults. The number of literacy classes fluctuates Relatively large." Rock also has no data on this aspect.

According to the requirements of the Southern African Ministry of Education, public education only covers low age groups, and adults are basically given up. After all, adults have to be busy with work and really have no time to learn from scratch.

However, the Ministry of Education underestimated the Chinese people's desire for knowledge and culture. Many white people are not interested in public education. Even if the federal government promotes public education, they will not let their children go to school.

The tradition of the Chinese is that everything is inferior and only education is high. No matter how poor the family is, they must try their best to educate their children. In the past, there was no opportunity in the Qing Dynasty. Now the Nyasaland government provides free education, so the enthusiasm of adults is also very high.

"Only primary and secondary schools are counted—" Owen is also very helpless. The enthusiasm of the Chinese is surprising in the whole of southern Africa. Now all the states in southern Africa have begun to establish institutions of higher learning one after another. Several colleges and universities have begun to enroll students. The Ministry of Education counted Take a look, the proportion of Chinese students in major colleges and universities is above 60.00%.

If it is only in Nyasaland University, the high proportion of Chinese students is acceptable, after all, the majority of Nyasaland's population is Chinese.

However, these colleges and universities that have just started enrolling students are not in Nyasaland, and the proportion of Chinese students is still very high. This situation is very concerning.

For example, the University of the Cape of Good Hope in Cape Town, the main population of Cape is white, and the education level is relatively high, but Chinese students still account for 60.00% of all students at the University of the Cape of Good Hope. This situation is unacceptable to many people.

This 60.00% is based on the premise that the Cape of Good Hope University does not organize an entrance examination. If the entrance examination is organized, the proportion of Chinese students will probably exceed 80.00%.

Cape of Good Hope University is also the only university in southern Africa with a proportion of Chinese students lower than 80.00%.

Probably since last year, there have been more and more rumors about Chinese people in southern Africa. Some people even sensationalized that southern Africa is about to become a Chinese country, and white people will be marginalized. This has indeed affected the unity of southern Africa to a certain extent. .

"In this regard, it seems that there is really no statistics—at least there should be 30—" Rock's answer indeed confirmed that some speculations were not completely groundless.

Owen's expression was not very surprised, but it was a bit complicated.

This is why Nyasaland deliberately did not provide accurate data.

Some truths do hurt to speak out.

In southern Africa, all public schools outside of Nyasaland do not necessarily have 30 students combined.

If this trend continues, in a few years, the higher education resources in southern Africa may be monopolized by Chinese students, which means that more and more Chinese will enter industries that were previously monopolized by whites, such as bank executives , such as doctors, and government employees, these industries have already had this trend.

In the past two years, more and more students have graduated from Nyasaland University and Johannesburg Medical School. Although medical students are very popular, their employment is still limited, which seems to have little impact.

Nyasaland University is simply crazy. These college students who have just stepped out of campus are full of energy, unlimited motivation, and are full of enthusiasm for work and life. The Liberal Party led by Owen has also hired some graduates of Nyasaland University. The performance of the students at work is very good. After a short adaptation period, they immediately seek medical treatment and integrate into the environment as quickly as possible. Owen's current secretary and assistant are all Chinese.

No way, compared with the previous staff, the advantages of these graduates are simply crushing.

Although Nyasaland already has a Chinese-dominated Nyasaland Party, there are still many Chinese in the Liberal Party. At least the Chinese in Johannesburg are all Liberal Party members. I don't know Boolean, and even Chinese is difficult to understand. Don't forget that this is the early [-]th century, when Mandarin was not promoted. For northerners, Cantonese and Hokkien are like chickens and ducks. The difficulty is almost as difficult as English.

The biggest advantage of these graduates is language. They can use Chinese and English proficiently, and some graduates can even speak Afrikaans, which gives them an absolute advantage in their work.

How important is language?

Speaking a few words of foreign language in the Qing Dynasty can be used as an interpreter, and the whole family will get rid of poverty and become rich immediately.

Of course, for these graduates who have just stepped into society, language is only one of their advantages, not even the biggest advantage. Thinking is their biggest advantage. Learning to think independently will help these graduates just step into society. A huge burst of energy, almost subversive energy.

"Immigration has become more and more difficult in the past two years. We used to be able to get rid of the entire village, but now we can only make up things. I guess this is not the most difficult—" Rock looked serious, but in fact The problem is really not that serious.

Remember those few Americans who have returned to the Qing Dynasty with various weapons purchased from Nyasaland.

If there is no accident, then the Qing Dynasty will enter a state of chaos next. This will definitely be a huge disaster for the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty, but it will be a new opportunity for southern Africa.

In fact, before deciding to cooperate with those Americans, Roque seriously considered this issue. If the weapons are sold to those Americans, then it is unknown how many Chinese will die in the weapons produced in Nyasaland Looking at it this way, Nyasaland's role in the chaos of the Qing Dynasty is actually not glorious.

But if it is not sold, it will not prevent the Qing Dynasty from falling into chaos. Thinking about those young revolutionaries in another time and space who went forward with simple self-made weapons, Roque felt that he should do something, even if he played a disgraceful role, it would still make the Qing Dynasty fall into chaos. The Qing Empire perished a little faster.

If you must replace the old with the new, then speed up the process as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)