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In 1458, the quota for the silver mining tax (yinke) in Yunnan was set as 52,380 taels, followed by Zhejiang Province (21,250 taels) and Fujian Province (15,120 taels) .17 Two years later, silver mining tax in Yunnan reached over 100,000 taels, that is, it was almost doubled. 18 Table 6.1 provides a general account of the silver tax in Yunnan in terms of its national significance.

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We'll leave our worthy ancestor and our Madame Wang aside; they are old people, but you receive each moon an allowance of ten taels, which is twice as much as what any one of us gets.

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It was worth 15,000 taels, that is to say, more than 100,000 francs, and in a fit of generosity the Son of Heaven remitted these to

The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Jules Verne 1866

[32] The word "taels" is Retana's conjecture; but it is possible that the doubtful word was _joyas_ ( "ornaments").

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We’ll leave our worthy ancestor and our Madame Wang aside; they are old people, but you receive each moon an allowance of ten taels, which is twice as much as what any one of us gets.

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Newchang in 1891 amounted to but 22,000 taels; but in 1897 they had increased to 280,000 taels.

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Fang Guoyu estimated that the average scale of horse trade in Guangxi was about 70,000 taels of silver, based on the 1,500 heads a year and an assessment of thirty to seventy taels a head. 179 Fang's calculation only speaks to the trade between the Dali and the Song kingdoms, since it excludes the trade in Sichuan and exchanges of other items.

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Generally speaking, the long-lasting minting operation in Yunnan indeed served as a strong measure of provincial financial balance, as the following table shows that the government obtained over 6.5 million taels of profit through minting operations within eight decades.

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He mentioned that in the Kunming area eight taels of silver equaled one tael of gold. 14 In the Gold Teeth area where gold was relatively abundant, five taels of silver were exchanged for one tael of gold.

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However, he admitted that the best southern horses surpassed northern horses, and were worth several dozen taels of gold. 165 In fact, the Song court highly valued Yunnan horses, perceiving them to be as good as those from the north. 166

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