File:Mr. "Lee Don" paid $500 Canadian dollar "head tax" on 2 August 1918 under Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 certificate VPL 30625 (cropped).jpg

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English: Certificate for Don Lee - Chinese Immigration Act - front. Date on the certificate is August 2, 1918. '...the sum of five hundred dollars being the head tax due under the provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act'. Vancouver B.C.

VPL Accession Number: 30625 Date: Date of photograph not available Photographer/Studio: Unknown SUBJECTS: Chinese Canadians, Immigrants, Poll tax Organization: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

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