 ... pleases by thwarting all the measures of the ministers, a weak one will yield to the ministers even in affairs of the provincial finance. But, finance being a delicate question, the greedy is loath to give it to others, the energetic takes it as a...  The Government of China (1644-1911). - Page 208by Pao Chao Hsieh - 1925 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
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...important than regulations. Mr. Chow Tang well observed in The Essentials of Chinese Finance : — 18 The minister of revenues, having no higher rank than,...without compensation.20 These inter-provincial aids were assigned by Peking; but the assignment was all that the central government did ; for, after the assignment,... | |
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