Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Methods by Which Oriental Labourers Have Been Induced to Come to Canada |
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... paid to the offices of the Nippon Supply Company and the several employment agencies in the city of Vancouver ; and interviews had with a large number of persons representing various interests and different points of view . By means of ...
... paid to the offices of the Nippon Supply Company and the several employment agencies in the city of Vancouver ; and interviews had with a large number of persons representing various interests and different points of view . By means of ...
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... paid up in cash or valu- able assets , each having put in the same amount . Mr. Boultbee , the treasurer , stated that the number of his shares was ten , and that Mr. Johnson , Mr. Yoshy and Mr. Gotoh also held ten apiece , the value of ...
... paid up in cash or valu- able assets , each having put in the same amount . Mr. Boultbee , the treasurer , stated that the number of his shares was ten , and that Mr. Johnson , Mr. Yoshy and Mr. Gotoh also held ten apiece , the value of ...
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... paid by the Nippon Company in accordance with the agreement arrived at between the com- pany and themselves . This agreement varied but slightly in particular cases . In the main the arrangement was as follows : The company charged the ...
... paid by the Nippon Company in accordance with the agreement arrived at between the com- pany and themselves . This agreement varied but slightly in particular cases . In the main the arrangement was as follows : The company charged the ...
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... paid under the new agreement were $ 1.35 to $ 1.50 per day to men working on section gangs and $ 1.65 per day of 10 hours to men working on extra gangs . The agreement contains the following clause taken from previous agreements in ...
... paid under the new agreement were $ 1.35 to $ 1.50 per day to men working on section gangs and $ 1.65 per day of 10 hours to men working on extra gangs . The agreement contains the following clause taken from previous agreements in ...
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... paid there would still have been room for a margin of profit to the charterers of the ship , had they been making payment for transportation to the owners at the regular rate . The arrangement , however , was a better one financially ...
... paid there would still have been room for a margin of profit to the charterers of the ship , had they been making payment for transportation to the owners at the regular rate . The arrangement , however , was a better one financially ...
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Admiral Jaureguiberry agents agreement appear arrangement Boarding House Keepers Boultbee British Columbia cable Canadian Nippon Supply Canadian Pacific Railway certificates China classes commission companies in Japan Consul at Vancouver contractors Davichand Dominion emigration to Canada employed evidence Foreign Office friends furnished Gotoh Grand Trunk Pacific Hawaiian Islands Hong-Kong Honolulu immi immigration from Hawaii immigration from India immigration from Japan induced inquiry issued January Japan?-A Japanese consul Japanese government Japanese immigration Japanese labour July June 30 Kodama Kumeric land large numbers letter ment Millside month Morikawa Nippon Company Nippon Supply Company Nossé number of Japanese Oriental labour Pacific Railway Company panies passengers persons Planters port of Vancouver province of British resident in Canada rupees sent steamship Theodore Davis tickets Tokio Emigration Company total number Trunk Pacific Railway United Victoria W. L. MACKENZIE KING wages Witness Yip Sang Yokohama Yoshy
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Page 10 - In testimony whereof, We have caused these Our letters to be made patent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.
Page 54 - That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government to its citizens to go to any country other than the United States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone...
Page 51 - And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act.
Page 9 - NOW KNOW YE that by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, We do by these Presents nominate, constitute and appoint...
Page 54 - States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of enabling the holders to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein, the President...
Page 10 - Our letters to be made patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Our Right Trusty and Right...
Page 9 - Board shall have all the power of summoning before it any witnesses, and of requiring them to give evidence on oath, or on solemn affirmation, if they are persons entitled to affirm in civil matters...
Page 75 - ... its origin in the visit of the soldiers of the different colonies of the Empire to London, at the time of the Queen's Jubilee; that the Indian troops who had returned home via Canada had been made much of, and were impressed by the country and its opportunities ; that Indians were employed very largely as police in Hong Kong, and that it was from among their number that the movement had started in the first instance. Asked what year that would be, Mr. Brown replied 'five or six years ago, possibly...
Page 9 - The commissioners shall have the power of summoning before them any witnesses, and of requiring them to give evidence on oath, or on solemn affirmation if they are persons entitled to affirm in civil matters, and orally or in writing, and to produce such documents and things as the commissioners deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters into which they are appointed to examine.
Page 9 - FIFTH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India : To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.