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Some account of Batavia

or Poll tax, for no Chinese can wear his hair who has ever been in China, it being a principle of their religion never to let their hair grow again when once it has been shavd off, these taxes are paid monthly, when a flag is hoisted at a house in the middle of the town appointed for that purpose

The money current here is Ducats worth 11s/- sterling  Ducatoons 6/8 Imperial [indecipherable] or  Imperial Rix dollars 5/   Rupees 2/6  scellings /6. Dubblecheys /2 1/2  & doits 1/4  Spanish dollars were when we were there at 5/5 & we were told were never lower than 5/4 even at the Companies warehouse  for English guineas I could get no more than 19/  for tho the China men would give 20/ for some of the Brightest they would for those at all worn give no more than 17/  Strangers must however be cautious in receiving money as there are of several kinds, two sorts, milld & unmilld   ducatoons for example when milld are worth 6/8  unmilld only 6/   all accounts are kept in Rixdollars &​​​​​​​ Stivers both imaginary Coins  at least here  the first worth 4/ the other /1. it must also be remard, that this valuation of their coin is rated on the Supposition of a Stiver being worth a penny which is realy worth more, a current Rixdollar of 48 stivers being worth 4/6,

 

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