with
copy of a likin recapt issued in Hongkong for duty
paid on kerosene shipped to
Canton..
This reccept reads as follows
Recened from Mak-Kee the
sum
of four dollars [chag
on
3.
1
Farmers de
Moon given to b
15th day Huang - Sii 13th year."
Farmers chop
Chag
Formerly the likin duty
Kerosene was
forty cents per
case. The privilege of collecting
this duty
farmed out.
The farmer had his own
by you t
stamps and seals. Lately
further likin tax
444 80 cents
per case was levied. This
eceipt bears the stemp of the Kerosene farmer & also the stamp acknowledging
receipt of the 80 cents likin duty. Thus both taxes are collected at Hongkong.
Thus it appears that Houghing has become a station for the Chinese Gort. Hongliong has hitherto been a free
port. The result of system
this
on the prosperity
of
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