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C.I.5 certificate of Mah Shu [Mar Shu]

C.I.5 certificate issued to a Chinese subject entering Canada. This early version of the certificate was in use from 1885 to 1911. It was redesigned in 1912 to include photo identification, and to make payment or exemption from payment of the head tax more clear. The subject was born in Canada; they were deemed required to register under the Chinese Immigration Act but exempt from paying the head tax.

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