RESTRICTION OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
EDUCATIONAL TEST COMPULSORY. Special to Times. WELLINGTON, Nov. 12. The Chinese Immigrants Amendment Bill provides that it shall not be lawful for any Chinese to land in New Zealand until it lias been proved to the satisfaction of the Collector or other principal officer of Customs at some port in New Zealand that such Chinese is able to read a printed passage of not less than one hundred words of tho English language, selected at the discretion of such Collector or principal officer, provided that any Chinese who is dissatisfied with tho decision of. the Collector or principal officer shall have the right of appeal to a Magistrate, who. shall administer such further test in reading the English language as ho thinks fit. The decision of tho Magistrate shall bo final. Any master of a ship who lands or permits to land in New Zealand any Chinese who has not fulfilled the requirements of the Act shall he liable to a penalty not exceeding £SO. Any Chinese who lands or attempts to land in New Zealand without having fulfilled the requirements of this Act shall be liable to the same penalties and may ho dealt' with in the same manner as if he landed or attempted to land without payment having been made as provided by section 5 of tho principal Act.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2236, 13 November 1907, Page 2
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226RESTRICTION OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2236, 13 November 1907, Page 2
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