The Archive · 1888

LIKIN" RECEIPTS AT KALGAN AND TU-SHIH

PASS, (4) Since 1860 there has been a lekin tax upon horses and tea passing through Kalgm and the Tu-shih gate, and the collection has been under the management Of the office of the Lieutenant-General at Ch'ahar. During the year ending with the seventh moon of the present Chinese year, 590 Passes were issued for tea going out ward and a sum of Tls. 35,400 was collected. 10,271 horses came in during the' year through the two passes, and the lekin collected on them amounted to Tle, 513, The total revenue was therefore Ts. 35,913,

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