Thai government collected taxes from the Chinese through the method called phuk pi in lieu of labor recruitment. Upon payment, the official in charge would tie a string on the chinese taxpayer's wrist. Sealing wax was then applied right on the knot, pressed in a round shape resembling a gambling token (pi) and affixed with an official seal as record of payment. The period of tax collection (phuk pi) was approximately six months, at the end of which the string on the wrist could be discarded. The initial tax was two baht per year per person, followed by a change to four baht for three years per person. The rate happened to be lower than that collected from Thai citizens who were required to pay the monthly tax of six baht per person, should they choose to be exempted from the normal labor recruitment scheme. 
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