C.I.28 certificate of Wong Shing (Wong Young Yip)
- RBSC-ARC-1838-TX-0306
- Item
- 31 Dec. 1914
Part of The Paper Trail collection
C.I.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 certificate. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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 certificate was found among the records of QUAN Yuen Yen, a businessman associated with Victoria's Chinatown.
Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Immigration Branch.