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Tonga Makes it Tough for Away-From-it-Allers

MANY of Tonga’s early European settlers arrived by the simple method of jumping their ships and never going away. Others merely come on visits and stayed a lifetime. These days, would-be seekers of a South Sea island paradise do not find it so easy to get into Tonga which, like other Pacific island countries, has tightened up considerably on regula tions concerning entry.

Just in case any penniless artist, frustrated city dweller, or victim of wanderlust thinks Tonga the ideal spot in which to settle down and “go native,” here is a copy of ques tions he will have to answer to the satisfaction of the Tongan Govern ment before he will be admitted: Surname, Christian names, sex, occupation, marital status, place of birth, date of birth, nationality at birth, present nationality, race, reason for going to Tonga, connec tion with and name of business, if visit for business purposes, dates of any previous visits to Tonga, pro posed address in Tonga, last per manent address outside Tonga,

names of any references in Tonga, passport number, date of expiry, conditions of physical and mental health, the amount of money possessed on arrival in Tonga. He or she will also have to make a declaration as to good character and reputation, and that “if called upon to do so will defray the cost of maintenance, deportation and any other expenses incurred on behalf of any person herein named who will accompany me and myself, and that if called upon to do so I will give such security by bond.”

Visitors to Papua-New Guinea who have complained about “Per mits to Enter” that Territory may be interested in above. —Tonga Cor respondent.