contribution to the Military expenditure
in Thenor and Nan anh
tbe
mmit
raised) from - Pael 10,000 to Tacks 20,000
per menser;
for various
and after casting about
means
of raising
additional
firm d., the provincial Government determined reestablishing the to-li form of
Av
taxation. The varions Guilds representing the different branches of trade have
been commited, and
agreement has
been arrived at in puronance of which
A..
lone
{
love of
one hundredth per cent
condareen per Pael.:) is to be
collected from all dealings
chandize of
every
m
me
description, with the
exception of rice, oil, and firewood,
carried
on at Canton. This is the
same rate that
re no
462/.
in forces mitil
the abolition of the bo-li system by
Guvernor Asiang tik li in 1867; and
I am informed by
varions stations that
everal person
no
mi
objection is
raised against the reimposition of thie love by either the traders
As
the impost
excite
The people
is too light to affect sonally
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to
transactions, and the armont of it's maidence larger dealings is abo not sufficient anaite opposition. The official not firation of the levy has not yet been ifred), but it will probably appear wirhin a day or ties
(signed) W. P. Mayors
Canton, December 27th. 1869.
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