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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9951817, member: 2844&quot;]In the Dutch East Indies the civil servants were usually the Indo Peranakans (Eurasians), because they spoke and wrote perfect Dutch. They worked in the government offices, mostly in the towns and cities.</p><p>The Chinese Peranakans were middlemen when dealing with financial matters in rural areas. They collected taxes etc and were given the freedom to add their own percentage. In some regions they also oversaw tax collecting etc for the aristocracy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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