is how the evasion is accom-
Suppose a man holds a ded involving the transference of three ching (300 mow) of land, ing the seal of an official who id office within the past two or three years. The price he paid for the property was a high one, possibly 200 "tino" per "'mow," on which the new registration fee would amount to roughly $200. This is far too stiff a proposition to the mind of the harried landowners, so he hies him to the local "ti chung, and secures the blank form of a deed whose official stamp indicates 'a period some ten or fifteen years ago when land was relatively cheap. After carefully filling in all neces-sory details. to his satisfaction, leaving no loophole for detection, lis presents the pseudo-deed at the yamen, and pays a very greatly re-"Maced fee, according to the value the land indicated on the parehvent, which is forthwith ce and exchanged for a brand new Of course the landowner pays hand. somely for his antianated form, but the game is well worth the candle and there are many chuckles locally the successful trick.
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