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Records of Chinese immigrants, 1886 to 1907

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Records of Chinese immigrants, 1886 to 1907
	Exempt from fees	Paying fees	Collections	Refunds	Cost of collections	Paid to provinces
	number		$
Year ended June 30
1886	1	211	11,693	450	1,629	2,525
1887	-	124	7,425	-	2,124	1,450
1888	-	290	15,695	-	2,041	3,588
1889	112	782	40,808	250	2,104	9,600
1890	97	1,069	56,258	300	1,635	13,250
1891	12	2,114	107,786	300	1,761	26,275
1892	6	3,272	166,502	550	1,980	40,663
1893	14	2,244	113,491	2,100	2,535	27,388
1894	22	2,087	105,021	500	3,470	25,438
1895	22	1,440	72,475	550	3,287	17,200
1896	24	1,762	88,800	950	2,874	21,312
1897	24	2,447	123,119	1,250	2,959	29,900
1898	17	2,175	109,754	1,250	2,955	26,400
1899	17	4,385	220,309	950	3,073	53,262
1900	26	4,231	215,102	4,950	3,195	55,462
1901	26	2,518	178,704	3,850	3,495	43,500
1902	62	3,525	364,972	1,709	3,556	87,687
1903	84	5,245	526,744	1,600	4,100	261,450
1904	128	4,719	474,420	2,400	4,193	231,000¹
1905	69	8	6,080	10,000	2,927	-
1906	146	22	13,521	2,300	3,154	-
1907²	200	91	48,094	5,000	2,415	-
Total	1,109³	44,761³	3,066,773	41,200	61,462	977,350
1. This is a share of capitation fee. A balance has been held since 1904.
2. Nine months.
3. The numbers in columns 1 and 2 have been reduced by emigration and death. The total number of Chinese in Canada in 1901 was only 17,043.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1907.