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The retail dealer is not taxed, and, after the salt reaches his hands, its sale is unre- stricted. The profits on sales and the tax assessed thereon are stated at 9,680,000 taels per year ; but here, as in the land-tax, there is room for a very large increase of rev- enue by a more careful system of administration and ac- countability. It is believed by close observers that the Government might thereby, and without increasing the cost of salt to the consumer, secure a revenue of 20,000,- 000 ta...els, or at least double the amount that now finds its way into the imperial treasury.
THE LIKINc This is a tax upon internal commerce in transit, and is frequently regarded by foreigners as illegal ; but, as it 206 CHINA.
is imposed by imperial decree, the highest form of law known in China, it is hardly illegal, however disagreeable it may be to foreign merchants. By the Anglo-Chinese Treaty of Nanking, it was agreed that no further inland duties should be levied upon foreign goods, whether in British or native hands, than were then authorized.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The retail dealer is not taxed, and, after the salt reaches his hands, its sale is unre- stricted. The profits on sales and the tax assessed thereon are stated at 9,680,000 taels per year ; but here, as in the land-tax, there is room for a very large increase of rev- enue by a more careful system of administration and ac- countability. It is believed by close observers that the Government might thereby, and without increasing the cost of salt to the consumer, secure a revenue of 20,000,- 000 ta...els, or at least double the amount that now finds its way into the imperial treasury.
THE LIKINc This is a tax upon internal commerce in transit, and is frequently regarded by foreigners as illegal ; but, as it 206 CHINA.
is imposed by imperial decree, the highest form of law known in China, it is hardly illegal, however disagreeable it may be to foreign merchants. By the Anglo-Chinese Treaty of Nanking, it was agreed that no further inland duties should be levied upon foreign goods, whether in British or native hands, than were then authorized.
What to read after China: Travels And Investigations in the "middle Kingdom". a Study of Its ...?
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