sterling, or about fcirefcffimes5 those’ of jGreat: Brit'ain, and
= three times>-those 1 of ïkanéfö beforeithe late subversion.
From the pr odtiee. jófthetaxes ,a ll the eisil andrmilitary
expeiices, and the;ineid:ent&l and extraordinary: charge»
> arefejkpaid upon the. spot» ;out i of the treasuriesmf. the
respèctive'p)r-oyincesj 'whMre ,such expenees aminjfitfifed|
and the remainder is remitted to the Imperial treasury,
at Pejkia&i; jXhi& sürplu^amoimted, in thp jfegr ilïi §2f,5 to
the sum'of 36,614,32feOU®efes of silver, or
pounds sterling, according to-an account taken in:rOun<i
numbers, from a statement furnished by Chow-ta-Zhki,
and which account is printed in the Appendix. In case
of insurrections, or other occurrences; fétjnirmgagxtra'-
ordinary expenses, theyi are generally levied by ^additional
taxes on the provinces adjacent to-.the,; scènkoif
action, or connected with thê.dccasion of the;expencej._.
In the administration of the vast revenue of the stafee;
the opportunities of committing abuses, ^ a re n o t’often
neglected, as may be inferred from the. frequent r ^ n -
fiscations to the Emperor, in consequence of such transgressions.
It is indeed affirmed, that much corruption
and oppression prevail in most of the public departments,
by which considerable fortunes are acquired, notwith-
standing the modicity of the public salaries. Among the
tables in the Appendix is; one, of the allowances made
by the Emperor to the principal officers of.government,
revenue, and justice ; concerning the last of which it is
to be'o.fe^kedy that tfab. in there! is as chief judge canton,
apppiute^k^p^e^lyjfe^ifying /oan^rialsjjalli'.ci^ilfsuits ~
are degided^by thfe^rinoipair oR'.SB^ordinate"governors of
the pja^oess Wiheroi'Dhey-jarase^.witfhoufe qnynpartiedkrr
-Qstabjishmenti ofelegal ju^^A^pppiinted fapart ^and indd-/
ngnde^ky fomth^f&urposei ja
In „point-^)fi .taxation, the Chinese >may ibd?epjn^deTee(
as more-dayouiiMi than? most<- sdbjeefe^arai-m Mi^dS^stup-
ppgipg^IjY^r ;to represent property,-and' toffies® the same
proportion to !?h e^nsp,mable produetibns among theJfp%
mdr-jyh-ieht ibtdge&famonghthe" lattei^fortrifi the whole
revengji^ were to bgj-afdu^d to atcapkation, iti would-not
am^juntito imore' than, five shillings a!head. on;th^popw-
latjon/pf, tMre.m’pKfe ',l-whergasfjjly ari,Mgirfo®pl^''6p,m-
putation ^fh^fcedple of IreljtiM would payl^gnymxment
eight ^hillings ,a he^d;;< thisfe of Francpnuiader theQno-
n aibhywisl^.deu.ishillingsr a headi;d apdreaqb’ individual
in Great Britain, at?]pijst; thirjty-fourashillingsi' f-
y*i;]^pajcg^jtajn: stecoijnt coulddab; obtain® ©f the Tartat;
revenues. ’ Besid^ theiJEmpeuar from his
demesnes there,.»the. .chiefs pay tochirri a trihutip’wKich
increases< frequentlyTa^r.tbe^arei,bet^era.4|i\1^fe'alFord id
Goods imported into China, from Tart-ary. or.thr.ough it,
supl^as furs and leathergg?e.liabJie;tQpthe payment'of a
small duty on passing the great wall;u bujjaM Chinese
goods exported to- Tartaryj]jass dufcyf^%d|gg
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