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| | A Chekiang Small Tax Silver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | In Ching Dynasty, Hsien (County) was the official sector regulated to collect land and poll tax from its people, mostly twice a year, and its authority was requested by the Central to be responsible for the collection. |
 | | In case of the collection being completed without any shortage, the chief of the county would be rewarded; on the contrary, undertake to fulfill all the shortage, as punishment. |
 | | Upon fulfilling the payment to the local governments for silver no less than what being mandated by the central, those merchants and riches became tax agents, and were entitled to collecting taxes on the behave of the government within the licensed territory. |
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