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Council to meet with Victoria City Council to decide the leper matter – November 13, 1891

Posted by By Posted in1891
A committee was appointed to meet with representatives from Victoria to establish a jointly-funded leprosy quarantine facility. This transcript was made in 2016 by Transcribimus volunteer Margaret Sutherland and sponsored…
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Leprosy correspondence to be made public – November 9, 1891

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All correspondence between the City, the Dominion Government and the C.P.R. regarding the leper cases to be published. City Market hall rented for a Temperance lecture for the sum of…
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Chinese citizens to be buried separately – December 29, 1890, 7:30 pm

Chinese citizens to be buried separately – December 29, 1890, 7:30 pm

Posted by By Posted in1890
Chinese community granted separate plot in Cemetery. Telephones needed to connect the Sheriff's office in Vancouver and in the New Westminster Courthouse to "facilitate the processes of the law." A…
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Chinese residents to be evicted from Stanley Park – June 3, 1889

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Health inspector to remove "nuisances" along the Park Road, "particularly the Chinese in the vicinity of the Lodge". [Stanley] Park ranger instructed to impound dogs without license tags. Call for…
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