The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants coming to Canada, forcing them to pay a fifty dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900, the fee was raised to one hundred dollars (a substantial amount of money at that time). In 1903, the amount was raised to five hundred dollars, the equivalency of two years' wages, which was a small fortune to the Chinese immigrants as well as other Canadians at the time.

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  • The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants coming to Canada, forcing them to pay a fifty dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900, the fee was raised to one hundred dollars (a substantial amount of money at that time). In 1903, the amount was raised to five hundred dollars, the equivalency of two years' wages, which was a small fortune to the Chinese immigrants as well as other Canadians at the time. Later, another law was passed, declaring that only one Chinese immigrant could come to Canada for every fifty tons (50.8 tonnes) of the ship they were travelling on, for that one voyage. That meant that only ten immigrants could come to Canada on a ship weighing five hundred tons (508 tonnes). This act was eventually superseded in 1923 by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese immigration entirely.
  • 《1885年華人移民法案》向所有移民到加拿大的華人強制徵收50加元人頭稅。該稅於1900年增加至100加元，在當時是一個很大的金額。於1903年再上升至500加元，相等於一個人兩年的工資，對不論華人移民還是當地加拿大人來說都是一個大數目。後來，另一項法案宣佈每次航程，一艘船的每50.8噸重量就只會容許一名華人移民；即一艘508噸重，到達加拿大的船上只有十個華人可以移民。 這法案於1923年由《1923年華人移民法案》，即完全禁止華人移民的《排華法》代替。
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  • The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants coming to Canada, forcing them to pay a fifty dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900, the fee was raised to one hundred dollars (a substantial amount of money at that time). In 1903, the amount was raised to five hundred dollars, the equivalency of two years' wages, which was a small fortune to the Chinese immigrants as well as other Canadians at the time.
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  • Chinese Immigration Act of 1885
  • 1885年華人移民法案
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