African Nationhood

"Minister Zhong, please tell me about the situation in overseas territories."

Zhong Yilin stood up and nodded to his adopted brother and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, then opened the folder he carried with him.

“In the past five years, the development of our overseas territories has been rapid. First, let me introduce Lanfang Company.

Lanfang Company's permanent population has now increased to 1.4 million.

Industrial products are mainly traded with locals, with an annual output value of about 34 billion yuan, and agricultural products worth 6 million yuan. Lanfang's total annual profits and taxes have remained at 10 billion yuan. "

“The Sultanate of Sulu has relatively developed agriculture but lacks industry. In addition to basic oil presses and rice mills, there are also pearl collecting, forestry, fishery, and bird’s nest and ambergris industries.

The Sulu Self-Government Committee has been encouraging locals to plant cocoa, oil palm and rubber trees. The Sulu Islands’ profit and tax revenue is about 1.5 million yuan.

In addition to traditional industries, Sabah relies on oil revenue, and most locals are invested in the crude oil industry.

Sabah's profit and tax income is gradually growing, and last year's profit and tax revenue remained at 3.5 million yuan.

After talking about the Sultanate of Sulu, let’s talk about the Emirate of Bahrain-Hassa in the Persian Gulf.

Although the territory has increased, the number of people has been limited, totaling 15 people. They still mainly plant dates and collect pearls on weekdays.

The profit and tax level is low and there are not many bright spots. The profit and tax level is 2.1 million yuan.

The economic value of this overseas territory is very limited, and the local people have to continue to invest money here to improve their lives. This colonial method is not worth it. "

Zhong Yilin's words represent the opinions of most employees of the Ministry of Overseas Territories, but the oil under this land is the top priority in the future.

Be kind to them now and let them move to Borneo in the future. They will only be more grateful to Nam Hua and Chairman Shek.

Even if oil is discovered in the future, these people will not be able to mention returning.

“The Djibouti Administrative Office is as desolate as the Emirate of Bahrain and Al-Hasa, but the Djibouti Administrative Office actively engages in gate-blocking trade and makes a fortune from Ethiopia’s passing wool.

In addition, the slave trade, arms and industrial product sales have brought a lot of profits to the Djibouti Administration, and their salt sales have improved slightly.

The profit and tax level of the Djibouti Administrative Office has increased year by year, and it is extremely rare to be able to maintain an annual level of 4.8 million yuan. "

“The Sakhalin Administrative Office in the Far East has developed rapidly in recent years.

After the pioneering period passed, all affairs on the island returned to normal.

The people were very motivated. They achieved food self-sufficiency in the fourth year after entering the island. At the same time, they mobilized the people to burn bricks and build houses, which was very prosperous.

Today, the total number of immigrants there is 51. The reason for such rapid growth is because of the plague outbreak in Northern Manchuria in 1910.

At the invitation of local officials, our doctors stationed on the island went out to help them treat many plague patients. After the treatment, they also took in many Chinese.

Commissioner Sun Guangming also sent sheltered Chinese to the Northeast region to kill people, and provided them with rewards for the heads they brought, which quickly increased the island's population.

After the population became sufficient there, many industries were established.

Canneries, pencil factories and oil mines have all produced benefits. Although not much in the early stage, it is enough to support the development of their offices.

The island's longitudinal railway is still under construction. After all, the construction time there is only a few months, and it is expected to be completed in 1915.

At present, the profit and tax level of the Sakhalin Administrative Office can be maintained at 10 billion yuan per year. In order to support the development of the Sakhalin Administrative Office, our department has returned all these profits and taxes to their administrative office.

Our Department of Overseas Territories is considering continuing to increase immigration numbers on the islands. I think that if the island's population can increase to 150 million people, then the island will be considered foolproof.

What does the Chairman think? "

Hearing Zhong Yilin's question, Shi Jintang hesitated a little, and the location of Sakhalin Island was a little vague in his mind.

Because it is too close to the Japanese Japs, once they launch a war of aggression, the entire island will fall.

The mainland is too far away and there is no time for rescue, so these islanders will suffer.

With the current population of 51 people on the island, the number of people is already large enough.

It would be a waste to immigrate to the island again. The mainland needs more population than this isolated island.

"Let's put this proposal on hold for now. Currently, the mainland needs more people."

Zhong Yilin could not refute this reason, "Then I will continue to talk about the East India Administration. Commissioner Xie Wang's local governance is on the right track.

The indigenous people have obediently accepted Nanhua's Chinese education and are very obedient to all the administrative orders.

The industry that the Administrative Office has received from local powerful people is continuously generating profits and taxes.

As for Mumbai, which has a new income, there are many British businessmen and local businessmen gathered, and there are a large number of textile factories, so the tax revenue is very considerable, and the annual profit and tax level can be guaranteed to be 9 million yuan. "

Most of the islands in the Mariana Islands and the Marshall Islands have a single industry and a small population, and the profit and tax levels are not high. Only Nauru's struvite income continues to rise and now remains at the level of 9000 million yuan per year.

São Tomé, Madeira and the Azores, these three overseas garrisons are all marines.

Our department has not made many changes in the management of these three places. In addition to promoting Chinese education, we are also constantly transporting Chinese immigrants there.

The main sources of profits and taxes in these three places are the collection of poll taxes and commercial taxes. The tourism industry in Madeira Islands and the Azores Islands is very developed.

Sao Tome Island is suitable for the development of plantations, and sugar cane and tropical crop cultivation have great potential.

At present, the plantation land on the island has been subcontracted to local grain merchants, and the annual profit and tax level of these three locations can be maintained at 4.3 million yuan.

The rest is the Newfoundland Administrative Office. The Newfoundland Administrative Office has a population of 22. The mainland transported more than immigrants there to get along with the indigenous people there, and at the same time actively developed the fishery and papermaking industries.

Under the guidance of the administrative commissioner, the new immigrants began to mine iron ore. This led to the explosion of iron ore production in Newfoundland as Minister Smuts said before.

The excavation of these iron ores is very subject to seasonal restrictions. Although it can be sold to the UK to increase the island's income, the bottleneck of growth is where it is. Therefore, we can only hope that this overseas territory will increase its development.

With the development of Newfoundland, the total profits and taxes there have been maintained at 5 million yuan per year.

There are two islands in the Mediterranean that we have sent people to, and we haven’t made many changes there yet.

More personnel will be dispatched in the future to carry out Chinese education and port construction.

Because it has just been received, there is no profit and tax output, and resources will need to be invested there in the future.

Our department's requirements for the two islands there are as long as they can ensure self-sufficiency.

Above, my report is completed. "(End of chapter)