Recibo do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Li, ao procurador de Macau, sobre o pagamento do foro do chão do território de Macau, no ano 50 do reinado de Qianlong (1785)
This archival document comprises a series of interrelated fiscal and administrative records from Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, dating between the 50th and 51st years of the Qianlong reign (1785–1786 CE), concerning Portuguese administration in Macau (designated Houjing’ao). It includes an of...
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1786-01-11
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/5JGPSDXP/viewer_5JGPSDXP.html |
| Summary: | This archival document comprises a series of interrelated fiscal and administrative records from Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, dating between the 50th and 51st years of the Qianlong reign (1785–1786 CE), concerning Portuguese administration in Macau (designated Houjing’ao). It includes an official receipt acknowledging António de Andrade, identified as the Portuguese Resident Magistrate (‘Western Affairs Magistrate’), for the exchange of silver currency deposited into the county treasury; a land rent schedule specifying an annual payment of five hundred taels of silver for Macau’s port, plus fifteen taels designated for the magistrate’s stipend; and a separate receipt issued by the Right Treasury to foreign headmen Aidi Ji and others for confiscated goods. Marginal annotations, multiple official seals—including red circular and rectangular stamps of the Xiangshan County Magistracy—and pencil notations (e.g., ‘351’, ‘401’, ‘File No. T102’) indicate archival processing and internal bureaucratic tracking. The document reflects Qing imperial fiscal oversight of Macau, Sino-Portuguese administrative interaction, and the formalised collection of land rent and associated revenues under the jurisdiction of the Xiangshan County Magistrate, Li, ranked Eighth Senior Grade with eight commendations. It serves as primary evidence of institutional mechanisms governing foreign presence, revenue extraction, and local governance in late-eighteenth-century southern China. |
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