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Record of revenue receipts and registration for leave of Chinese immigrants, fiscal years ended March 31, 1912 to 1936 with totals 1886 to 1900 and 1901 to 1911

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Record of revenue receipts and registration for leave of Chinese immigrants, fiscal years ended March 31, 1912 to 1936 with totals 1886 to 1900 and 1901 to 1911
	Paying tax	Exempt from tax	Percentage of total arrivals admitted, exempt from tax	Registrations for leave	Total revenue
	number		%	number	$
Total¹	28,637	394	1.36	15,853	1,454,239
Total²	25,160	3,655	12.69	29,409	6,147,260
1912	6,083	498	7.57	4,322	3,049,722
1913	7,078	367	4.93	3,742	3,549,242
1914	5,274	238	4.32	3,450	2,644,593
1915	1,155	103	8.19	4,373	588,124
1916	20	69	77.53	4,064	19,389
1917	272	121	30.78	3,312	140,487
1918	650	119	15.47	2,907	336,757
1919	4,066	267	6.16	3,244	2,069,669
1920	363	181	33.27	5,529	538,479
1921	885	1,550	63.66	6,807	474,332
1922	1,459	287	16.44	7,532	743,032
1923	652	59	8.30	6,682	434,557
1924	625	51	7.54	5,661	334,039
1925	-	-	-	5,992	308,659
1926	-	-	-	3,947	25,969
1927	-	-	-	5,987	14,844
1928	2	1	33.33	5,087	25,679
1929	-	1	100.00	5,480	30,795
1930	-	-	-	5,682	30,799
1931	-	-	-	5,783	28,846
1932	-	-	-	4,387	11,584
1933	-	1	100.00	3,626	9,152
1934	-	2	100.00	2,156	7,237
1935	-	-	-	2,103	6,506
1936	-	-	-	2,138	6,501
1. 1886 to 1900, inclusive.
2. 1901 to 1911, inclusive.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.