the economics history of Canada

ECON321Assignment4Student.xlsx

Question 2 Data

Fee Name	Imposed By	Year(s)	Expected $/Year	Source	Rural Beijing Wages (Allen et al., 2011)			Gold/Silver Price Ratio
Chinese Tax	City of Victoria	1878	$10	Lai (2010)	Year	Copper Wen, 文	Copper Wen per Silver Tael (两)	Year	ounces of silver / 1 ounce of gold
Chinese Tax	City of Victoria	1879	$30	Lai (2010)	1878	348	8,314	1878	17.92
Cubic Air Bylaw	City of Victoria	1880 - 1884	$5	Daily Colonist (1880)	1879	375	8,342	1879	18.39
Cubic Air Bylaw	City of Victoria	1885 - 1893	$10	Lai (2010)	1880	410	8,510	1880	18.05
Chinese Population Regulation	British Columbia	1884 - 1885	$10	Lai (2010), Dominion of Canada (1888)	1881	401	8,341	1881	18.25
Foundation Fee	CCBA	1884 - 1902	$2	Lai (2010)	1882	394	7,748	1882	18.20
Head Tax	Canada (Federal)	1885 - 1899	$50	Li (1979)	1883	387	7,154	1883	18.64
Chinese Hospital Fee	CCBA	1899 - 1902	$2	Lai (2010)	1884	356	6,722	1884	18.61
Head Tax	Canada (Federal)	1900 - 1902	$100	Li (1979)	1885	395	7,573	1885	19.41
					1886	402	6,950	1886	20.78
For data sources and citations, see References section in Assignment 6.					1887	395	7,024	1887	21.10
					1888	361	7,883	1888	22.00
					1889	421	7,314	1889	22.10
					1890	393	7,254	1890	19.75
					1891	390	7,627	1891	20.92
					1892	372	7,651	1892	23.72
					1893	410	7,212	1893	26.49
					1894	443	6,722	1894	32.56
					1895	446	6,612	1895	31.60
					1896	448	6,501	1896	30.59
					1897	442	6,204	1897	34.20
					1898	435	5,907	1898	35.03
					1899	429	5,609	1899	34.36
					1900	422	5,312	1900	33.33
					1901	462	5,758	1901	34.68
					1902	470	6,079	1902	39.15