Chapter 307： Strategic immigration (1/2)

The busiest in the economic crisis should be the Immigration Department under the colonial ministry. From the end of 1857 to the beginning of 1859, in a short period of more than a year, the results of the Immigration Department exceeded the sum of the past few years.

In the face of survival, many people have to choose to leave their homes, of which the largest number of immigrants from the Balkans, occupying four floors of the total number of immigrants.

This is also the result of the government's intentional control. Otherwise, more than 80% of immigrants will choose to go to the Balkans.

There are only two kinds of people who voluntarily go to the African colonies: one is ambitious and wants to get rich; the other is a poor jingle. Survival is a problem and forced to live.

Immigrants to the African continent can sign employment contracts with the government, or plantation owners, mine owners, and have stable income without worrying about the livelihood of the family.

Many people directly go to the African continent as migrant workers. Anyway, it is not a mandatory requirement for immigration. When the contract expires, if you are willing to stay, you can stay, but you can come back if you don't want to stay.

For those who have eaten the last meal, as long as they can earn a living to support their families, even if it is good, the place is farther away.

After completing the personnel adjustment, Franz also said, ”Colonial Department, talk about the development of the colony.”

Colonial Minister Josip Jelacic replied: ”His Majesty, we have opened colonies in Guinea Bend, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, Libya and other regions.

It has established 68 colonial bases, 18 cities, and more than one million immigrants who settled in the colonies. It directly controls the area of ​​the colony's territory over three million square kilometers.

Among them: The Gulf of Guinea has 25 colonial strongholds, including 8 cities, and the area under actual control is about 700,000 square kilometers. The total local population is 1.848 million, of which 284,000 are immigrants, and the rest are local indigenous people.

The Congo region has 14 colonial strongholds, including 4 cities, and the area under actual control is approximately 680,000 square kilometers. The total population of the jurisdiction is about 3 million, of which about 318,000 are immigrants, and the rest are local indigenous people.

Not long after the Nigerian colony was opened, we have just established 8 colonial strongholds, including 3 cities, with an area of ​​about 280,000 square kilometers. The total population of the jurisdiction is about 2.18 million, of which about 185,000 are immigrants.

The Cameroon region was developed even later. At present, there are only 5 colonial strongholds, including 2 cities. The area under actual control exceeds 100,000 square kilometers. The total population of the area is about 560,000, and only 58,000 are immigrants.

In Libya, the strategy of bird cage replacement is still being implemented. Because of the resistance of the local people, the progress is much slower than expected. About 150,000 people are still stranded there, and the plan may be delayed until next year.

We have controlled all cities in the region, transported 86,000 migrants, all oasis along the coast have been controlled, and nominally more than one million square kilometers of desert.

The resources of the Sinai Peninsula are too barren. We have not carried out development, only transported 2,000 migrants, and nominally ruled the peninsula of more than 60,000 square kilometers.

The islands of the European region are directly included in the local rule and are not counted in the colony.

Farther overseas, colonial strongholds were spontaneously established by the people and have not yet been incorporated into government management.

So far, except for the colony of the Gulf of Guinea, which has achieved a balance of payments due to the excavation of gold mines, and has a small surplus, other regions have been losing money.

On the whole, in 1858, the total revenue of our colony was negative 9.85 million Aegis, and immigration expenditures and military expenditures for foreign troops still accounted for the bulk.

It is expected that in the next two to three years, the earlier development of the Congo region can achieve a balance of payments. The rest of the colony will take some time, at least five years before it can supplement the finances. ”

Franz nodded. Obviously, the Austrian colonies still have deep potential to be tapped. Now the colonial government controls only a small part of them, and there is still a large amount of land waiting for them to occupy.

With colonial income to supplement the central government's finances, Franz is not so optimistic. As long as the colony can achieve a balance of payments, it is blood.

Hesitating, Franz said: ”The proportion of the colony's population is a big problem. Too many indigenous people are not conducive to our long-term rule.

The work of the colonial ministry can focus on immigrants and send these indigenous peoples to the Americas as much as possible to alleviate the hidden dangers of our rule.

If they don't go well, expel them, and you're in control.