Moreover, the fact that foreigners living in China are paying taxes imposed on the land in their Possession clearly proves that foreigners residing in the Settlement, should fulfil their obligations regards the Chinese national tax the same as the Chinese citizens) do. As for such new taxes as stamp-tax income tax, wine and tobacco tax, Yoreigners "residing within and without the Settlement ire refusing to pay their taxes on the ground that they have not received instructions from their Home Governments, with the that Chinese citizens living in the Settlements, too, take a similar
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