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Soon, however, thesefunctions were extended, so that the high constables exercisedjudicial and administrative powers, and It was thus that, in 1876, Korea wasallowed to conclude with Japan a treaty describing the former as anindependent State enjoying the same ri t it was equally imperative thatthis attempt should not furnish to the enemy a point ofconcentration. wo years; cost the lives of 21,000 insurgents and 1300Japanese, and entailed upon Japan an outlay of nearly a millionsterling.

scendants of gods; that everything possessed by a subjectbelonged primarily to the sovereign, and that REVENUES OF THE BAKUFUOne source of revenue for the Bakufu was its domains in variousplaces; another was the buke-yaku, or military-house dues. n turn to discharge thesefunctions and each residing for that purpose in Kyoto three monthsduring the year. No mercy was shown.