Mr. Speaker. if we pass this bill will we be the only nation that has set aside a treaty which worked injury and injustice to -its citizens. Both France and Engiandhave eaiies with China which. like our own. provide for free immigration. but neither government has hesitated to impose special taxes and restrictions upon them. As far back as 1855 the English colony of Victoria levied a capitation tax of $50 upon every Chinese immigrant.. In 1861 asimilar tax was imposed by the colony of New South Wales. and in 1877 by the colony of Queensland and also by the French colony of Saigon. We. sir. may well profit by the older and riper experience of these countries.
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