Emigration of Tonkinese

From Indochine to New Caledonia and New Hebrides

TN confirmation of information already 1 published in one of our last issues (says “Bulletin du Commerce”, Noumea, of November 16), a press radio was received this morning announcing that it had been officially stated on No vember 15 that a decree had been pub lished instituting a mission for the pur pose of studying in French East Africa.

Madagascar, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, the possibility of an emi gration of Indochine people to these colonies.

This mission consists of Mon. Win trebert Heny, Senior Resident in Indo chine (head of the mission), Mon. Win trebert Michel, Assistant Administrator of Civil Services (Secretary), Mon. Tran Van La, Indochine doctor, and Mon.

Dinh Wanhon (Agriculturist).

The point in question is the installa tion in the sparsely populated colonies, of small farmers from the over-popula ted Tonkinese territories, which consti tute a distressing problem.