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Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Immigration Branch. Wong, Chung Lum Item
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C.I.5 certificate of Wong Chung Lum

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

This record is in the archives of the Wongs' Benevolent Association located in Vancouver’s Chinatown; the subject was likely a member and received services there. Clan and village based societies were established throughout the diaspora to provide mutual aid among early overseas Chinese.

Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Immigration Branch.