Lekin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Likin \Li"kin`\, n. [Written also {lekin}.] [ Chin. li kin; li
     the thousandth part of a tael + kin money.]
     A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon
     imports or articles in transit.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           "Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal, as one
           of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is,
           in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form
           of taxation.                             --A. R.
                                                    Colquhoun.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]