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tow, or 316 cubic punts; 5 tow o hwŏ, or 1580 cubic punts; and 2 hwŏ a shih, or 3160 cubic punts.
The whole arable area of China Proper, amounts to 7,875,149 king, 74 mow. Gardens, parks, and plan tations 52,095 king Lands and pastures in Mongolia, and Mantchouria, belonging to the eight standards, 80,248 king. This includes
| King. | mow. | |
| lands belonging to the people paying taxes. | 7,357,913 | 46 |
| Imperial domains, lands belonging to the princes | 13,338 | |
| Do. to the eight standards | 140,128 | 71 |
| Do. to the Chinese military | 259,416 | 48 |
| Do. to the temples | 3,620 | |
| Do. to the public institutions, and for the maintenance of poor scholars | 11,557 | 73 |
| Shan-se lands, or, mountain ridges | 110 | 60 |
| Arable soil in the Ele district, belonging to the eight standards | 9,751 | |
| From these lands the following revenue arises, taëls, viz.:— | 53,730,218 | |
| Taëls. | ||
| Money sent to the capital | 27,448,701 | |
| Do. kept in the provincial treasury | 7,561,677 | |
| Do. kept in the district deposits | 1,016,108 | |
| Do. kept for exigencies | 10,830,342 | |
| Commuted capitation tax | 3,521,272 | |
| Rent for the lands of the eight standards | 276,201 | |
| Do. of the Chinese soldiers | 503,557 | |
| Rent from the lands belonging to the public institutions | 20,699 | |
| Expenses of transporting the money and grain to Peking | 2,389,661 | |
| For maintaining the aqeducts of Chih-le and Gan-hwuy | 212,000 | |
| The total amount of the land-tax, in kind, is 38,234,138 shih, viz.:— | Shih. | |
| Annual tribute sent to the capital | 2,561,278 | |
| Do. sundries, insurance, additional contributions under various names | 891,397 | |
| For the use of the sailors on board the transports | 638,090 | |
| For the soldiers or the convoy | 130,606 | |
| Grain kept in stores of provincial granaries | 33,792,330 | |
| Rent of eight standards' lands | 200,244 | |
| Do. soldiers' land | 373 | |
| Do. public institutions | 19,760 | |
| Taels. | ||
| Total amount of land-tax in specie | 53,730,218 | |
| Tax in kind, valued at 1 tael, per shih | 57,351,207 | |
| Sundry articles of tribute, as cotton, and silk piece-goods, metals, wax, &c, sent annually from the different provinces to Peking, and mostly bought for money arising from the land-tax | 2,316,632 | |
| Total | 133,398,057 | |
