| 31. | In monetary term, one tael of gold was in exchange of 10 taels of silver.
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| 32. | The war cost the Qing treasury 9.8 million silver " taels ".
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| 33. | The Department of Treasury had to take 1 millions Tael from national center bank to Shanghai.
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| 34. | For cooked rice, the weight of the tael is approximated using special tael-sized ladles.
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| 35. | For cooked rice, the weight of the tael is approximated using special tael-sized ladles.
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| 36. | Additionally, the Qing Empire was to pay Japan 200 million taels of silver as war reparations.
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| 37. | The Qianlong Emperor began his reign with about 33.95 million silver taels in Treasury surplus.
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| 38. | Also, additional 16, 886, 708 taels was paid at local level in 17 provinces.
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| 39. | In 1857, the Shanghai government spent 6800 taels of silver to rebuild the North Customs House.
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| 40. | Therefore, Shanghai Government had to ask funds of 2 millions Tael from Fengrun and Yishanyuan Bank.
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