CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 96

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Soil.

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The soil is formed from the decumposition cost and cast and volcanic trap cock

in Cast

is alluvial in the broad valleys drained by the Shan Chen and Un buy woons. It is generally (Estill, and yelds annually

two crops of net. Even the hillsider

wing places bright andle cultivation and rice was

found height of our 1200 feet. By the Chinese the soil is

art lu

growing at a

divided into three classes and is

taxed according to toto

quality patter

The fuit class is suppard & pay

about 36 ceuli per

acc

The sceand

Class about 24 could and hen theril Class about 15 Cents for ant. The reality fully double there amountians levied though not officially accounted for

Payment in kind is ales made, but this payment is commuted for

a

monly payment at the rating 4.8 tuls

.67 per pical of rice (lepunt is

Wing qual to 1 Bushel:

Ser Photographs

Nova I h$10.11.1416

7

:2 pecks: 28/5.)

Product

Rice is the principal actiele

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cultivation and the quality bened

this product is

fo

Light

that a quantity of it is expaket

to San Francisco for

the use

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