The soil is formed from the decomposition of granite and volcanic trap rock. In the Cast it is alluvial in the broad valleys drained by the Shan Chen and Un buy woons. It is generally fertile, and yields annually two crops of rice. Even the hillsides in many places permit terrace cultivation and rice was found growing at a height of over 1200 feet. By the Chinese the soil is divided into three classes and is taxed according to its quality.
The first class is supposed to pay about 36 cents per acre. The second class about 24 cents and the third class about 15 cents per acre. The revenue actually collected is fully double these amounts, though not officially accounted for.
Payment in kind is also made, but this payment is commonly commuted for a money payment at the rate of 4.8 taels .67 per picul of rice (equivalent to 1 Bushel: 2 pecks: 28/5.).
Rice is the principal article of cultivation and the quality being light, a quantity of it is exported to San Francisco for the use...
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