2 adjectives to describe exacting

The imperial government exacts from each village-community a tax in gross, for which the community as a whole is responsible, and which may or may not be oppressive in amount; but the government has never interfered with local legislation or with local customs.

You are a little exacting in requiring a reason in New-York for that which is done in London without even the pretence of such a thing.

2 adjectives to describe  exacting