Report of the Royal Commission on Chinese and Japanese Immigration
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Canada. Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration
issued: 2017-06-06
issued: 1902
description: "(Canada. Sessional papers, 1902, no. 54) Chairman: R. C. Clute." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 162.
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extent: xiv, 430 pages : tables ; 25 cm
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note: ■H«JJ ., ". MmMQwaqggji 2 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 54 A. 190? REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON CHINESE AND JAPANESE IMMIGRATION SESSION .1902 1 PRINTED BY ORDER OF PARLIAMENT OTTAWA PRINTED BY S. E. DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE KINO'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1902 [No. 54—1902.] 2 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 54 . A. 1902 PREFACE. The Commissioners desired to examine separately the questions of Chinese and Japanese immigration, and this method was pursued as far as practicable. In many industries, however, both Chinese and Japanese are employed, and in most cases the witnesses treated them alike : so that while Part I has relation chiefly to Chinese immigration, much that is said there applies with equal force to the Japanese in Part II. There are certain questions, however, and certain industries peculiarly affected by Japanese labour that require special treatment. This applies especially to the fisheries and to the lumber industry. 54-a| 2 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 54 PAET I CHINESE IMMIGRATION PART I.—CONTENTS. Letter Transmitting Report to the Secretary op State. page xi. The Commissions Chapter I.—Introductory :— Representations by British Columbia—Action taken by the Provincial Governments—Acts passed by the Legislative Assembly—Information obtained at Washington—Dates and places of sittings of the Commission in British Columbia,—Number of witnesses examined at each place—Plan of investigation adopted—Visit to the Pacific Coast States—Reference to the Commission of 1884 Chapter II.—The Chinese Immigrant :— Early immigration—Rate of increase—Number now in Canada—Where they come from—Cost of living and wages of skilled and unskilled labour in China—Chinese characteristics—Statements of Chinese boards of trade in British Columbia as to numbers and occupations of Chinese in the province Ohapter III.—Their Unsanitary Condition :— Evidence of the sanitary inspectors of Victoria and Vancouver—A visit to \ Chinatown.'—Dwellings of Chinese labourers—Are they …
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has type: Books
identifier: F5032.C5 C21 1902
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0348116
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Ottawa : S.E. Dawson
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5032.C5 C21 1902
subject: Japanese--Canada
subject: Chinese--Canada
subject: Canada--Emigration and immigration
type: Text