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Exemption certificates for migrants issued at Port Melbourne – extract from a register
[Header:] EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES issued at the Port of Melbourne [The word 'Melbourne' is handwritten.]
[The following information is displayed in a table of five columns. From left to right the column headings read 'No. of Certificate', 'Date of issue',' To whom Issued', 'Nationality', 'Occupation'. The year '1925' is handwritten in red ink below the column heading 'Date of Issue'. Below responses are in column order left to right.