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Immigration Documents

Every new Chinese immigrant received a tax certificate, which was to be kept by the immigrant. This tax certificate required all immigrants to pay a mandatory fine in order to be allowed entry; numbers could range from a ninety to two hundred dollars. Source: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-905.002-e.html

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Uploaded on March 20, 2012
Taken on March 20, 2012