List of numbers and occupations of Chinese in British Columbia

A list of numbers and occupations of Chinese from communities all over British Columbia including Nanimo, Quesnelle, Cariboo, Lilloort, Lytton, Yale, Dog Creek, Clinton, Cache Creek, Kamloops, Boston Bar, Hope etc. Occupations listed include store employees, farmers, labourers, miners, butchers, barbers, wahsermen, doctors, and prostitutes. Also includes statistics about overall commercial conditions of Chinese merchants in British Columbia like the amount of business done, amounts of trade, the amount paid annually for rents to white people, what kind of merchandise is imported from China, Japan, and the United States by Chinese Merchants etc. A report to government officials on the "Chinese Question" denying the immorality of Chinese people in British Columbia is also included. 23 August 1884 (光绪十年七月初三）

In Collection:

• Chinese Canadian Collection

Creator

• Hwang Sic Chen

Subject

• Chinese
• Immigrants
• Immigrants--Economic conditions
• Demographic surveys
• Occupations
• History

Language

• eng

Date created

• August 23, 1884

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 14 pages

Alternative title

• 查明哥伦比亚华人事务覆英委员细册及说帖存稿

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia

Coordinates

• 53.99983, -125.0032

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

• reports

Archival item identifier

• Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.6, 1.6.03

Fonds title

• Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR030

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds

Date digitized

• January 17, 2008

Technical note

• 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cy07-b447

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