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Definition of Likin
1. n. A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
Definition of Likin
1. an old Chinese transit duty [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likin
Literary usage of Likin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revenue and Taxation of the Chinese Empire by Joseph Edkins, China Hai kuan tsung shui wu ssu shu (1903)
"The same new arrangement was made in An-hwei province, when the likin was collected
by the Tu- hsiao-chii, and in Chekiang, Kiangsu and Kiangsi (Shen-pao, ..."
2. World Politics at the End of the Nineteenth Century: As Influenced by the by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1900)
"A further advance was made in 1899, when the administration of the likin,— the
... Before that time, special likin had to be paid in every district through ..."
3. Commercial Handbook of China by Julean Arnold (1920)
"The likin tax was one of the evil results of the Taiping Rebellion, for the
suppression of ... likin barriers are placed along all the highways of commerce, ..."
4. American Consular Jurisdiction in the Orient by Frank Erastus Hinckley (1906)
"For instance, in 1885, imported kerosene oil, paying a duty of five cents a case,
was taxed forty-two and a half cents likin dues in the city of Canton ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"The total collections of likin and kindred taxes on imports and exports were ...
The abuses inseparable from the collection of likin are more onerous than ..."
6. American Consular Jurisdiction in the Orient by Frank Erastus Hinckley (1906)
"For instance, in 1885, imported kerosene oil, paying a duty of five cents a case,
was taxed forty-two and a half cents likin dues in the city of Canton ..."
7. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"This loan is secured by a third mortgage on the Ichang Salt likin amounting to
about One Million Taels (Tls. 1000000) per annum already charged with the ..."
8. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"This loan is secured by a third mortgage on the Ichang Salt likin amounting to
about One Million Taels (Tls. 1000000) per annum already charged with the ..."
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