Excerpt from The Land Tax in China There is another consideration which makes the reform of the land tax imperative. Those who are familiar with the present financial situation of China know that two out of her three largest sources of revenue will be unavailable for many years to come, These three sources are the custom duties, the salt gabelle, and the land tax, which together furnish nearly two thirds of the total revenue. The tariff has, been limited, however, by treaty agreements with foreign powers to five per cent ad volarem and its receipts, thus. Limited, have been hypothecated to the payments of the Boxer Indemnity which will not expire until 1940. The salt gabelle, the fiscal success of which has been most remarkable since its reorganization, will be largely absorbed by the payments of interest and amortization of the loan services. To which it is pledged. This situation is responsible for a large part of the present financial embarrassments. Perhaps some immediate relief may be expected from the revision of the tariff to an effective five per cent basis. But such an increase will necessarily be limited. It is for these reasons that many students of the financial situation in China have pointed to the reform of the land tax as a key to the solution of the present financial difficulties of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.