Central government silver treasury : : revenue, expenditure and inventory statistics, circa 1667-1899 / / by Shi Zhihong.

• Author: Shi, Zhihong, 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Global Economic History Series 12/01.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Silver Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue was the most important central government store in the Qing dynasty. It held all capital funds submitted to Beijing by provinces and was responsible for the release of all central government expenditures. This book is mainly based on Qing archives pertaining to the Silver Treasury, notably the Yellow Register copies of the Treasury, now held by the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. As it is the first monograph on the subject of the Silver Treasury to be published in English, as well as giving a brief introduction to the history of its successive management systems, it also presents comprehensive tables of monthly revenues/expenditures and yearend inventories for the period 1667 to 1899.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Central Government’s Silver Treasury -- 2 Silver Treasury Registers and Their Copies -- 3 Silver Treasury Revenues during the Qing Dynasty -- 4 Silver Treasury Expenditures and Payment Surpluses/Deficits during the Qing Dynasty -- 5 Fluctuations in Inventories of the Silver Treasury during the Qing Dynasty -- Appendix A: Tables of Aggregate Revenue/Expenditure of the Silver Treasury -- Appendix B: Inventories of the Silver Treasury under Different Reigns -- References -- Index.