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  • 中华会馆收到会费的陈述及询问上次所问之事的进展情况; (驻旧金山领事）黄遵宪回复维多利亚中华会馆关于在加华人被抽人头税的信

    Alternative Title
    Letter from Chinese Consul-General in San Francisco
    Subject
    Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Emigration and immigration, Race discrimination, Poll tax, Associations, institutions, etc., and Emigration and immigration--Government policy
    Creator
    Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Huang, Zunxian, and 黄遵宪
    Language
    chi
    Date created
    September 10, 1884
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 leaf
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria and California--San Francisco
    Coordinates
    37.77493, -122.41942 and 48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Chinese Canadian Collection
    Provenance
    Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence
    Archival Item Identifier
    Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.2, 1.2.02
    Fonds Title
    Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    AR030
    Is Referenced By
    Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2007-07-30
    Transcript
    Sept. 3, 1884 Dear Directors, I am glad to know from your letter that the law to compel every Chinese to pay $10 annually is pronounced abolished by the Court. I really rejoice at this good news for all the Chinese in Canada. Regarding another law that a $50 head tax is...
    Technical Note
    600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.