C!unu.\ 



ORIENTAL COMMKHfK. 



471 



The 5 mace 4 eand. duty, part of 6 per cent, duty on the valuation of 

 8 tales per pecul, is paid in dollar money. 



The 6 candareens, or 6 per cent, duty on the valuation of 8 tales per 

 pecttl, is paid in dollars; but it is properly a duty of 5 candareens 4 cash; 

 the other G cash are for the Hongist who ships off, to defray the charge 

 of Ins Hong. 



Of the 5 candareens 4 cash duty, the Emperor has only 4 candareens 

 8 cash. An hospital for poor persons, who have no children to maintain 

 them, has the remaining 6 cash. 



The Emperor's share is by tbe Hoppo made into sycee, at the Emperors 

 charge. 



The duty of 1 mace per pecul, called peculage, was very lately only 9 

 candareens. The merchants then, for their house of meeting, or joss house, 

 had only 4 cash per pecul out of tbe peculage duly ; but they have now 

 1 candareen 4 cash. The distribution of the peculage duty of 1 mace is as 

 follows:— 



Hoppo* . — « Candareens S 8 



Lii)guist rt « M * Mm »«»»» mw %»««.»»«i.,», Mm 2 2 



Weighers ™™ 0 8 



Persons at tbe first IIoppo hoitse.%«%.*«»»« 0 8 



Hoppo's guard or soldiers 1 6* 



Merchants for their joss house — 1 4 



Shopkeepers and others who cannot ship off goods, but are forced to 

 employ the Hon gists for that purpose, pay S mace 8 candareens the pecul for 

 the export duty on tea. 



h c c dec. 



They pay li per cent, on the valuation of 8 tales the 

 pecul, which makes their charge more than those 

 who pay only 5 4 0 i 8 ( I 



Instead of 3 candareens, they pay 5 candareens tor the 

 victualling tbe Hoppo's people, Sec. ; the differ- 

 ence is « — ~ 0 2 0 0 



When tbe Linguist collects the money, he commonly 



charges, to make it even 0 0 3 76 



Which, with the amount enumerated, as duty on 



Bohea tea ~™ 8 0 6 0 



Forms a total of ,Muce 8 7 0 76* 



The Hong merchants have therefore an advantage over the shopkeeper 

 of 7 I 76 the pecul in shipping off Bohea tea, which is appropriated to 

 defray the charges of the Hong. There is a proportionable advantage to the 



