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In this calculation, however, it ought to be remembered, that we included the 38,792,330 shih of grain stored up in the provincial granaries, which does not belong exclusively to government, but is owned by the greater part of the people, and is only under the management of government officers.
In giving these sums, we have followed the statistics with great minuteness. In adding another 221,857 taels to the above sum, which arises from marshy land, it will be found that the sum total realized by the public from all the lands, is 113,619,914 taels.
For the satisfaction of the reader, we present this result of unwearied research also in details, in which, however, we have left out acres belonging to public bodies.
