
The annual revenues of the Salt Gabelle were estimated at 47,510,000 Kuping Taels (a Kuping Tael was 98% pure silver and weighed 37.313 grams) of which 24,000,000 Taels per annum had already been pledged by law to be spent in a particular way. Coupons were payable annually on March 30 and September 30.
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*Reference: Historic Foreign Bonds of China: A Collector’s Compendium by John M. Thomson.
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