Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila

This abstract describes two distinct historical documents from the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan), both originating from official Qing imperial administrative records. The first is a customs pass issued in the 28th year of the Qianlong reign, tenth month (October 1763), signed by Fang, Sup...

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description This abstract describes two distinct historical documents from the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan), both originating from official Qing imperial administrative records. The first is a customs pass issued in the 28th year of the Qianlong reign, tenth month (October 1763), signed by Fang, Supervising Secretary of the Imperial Household Department and Director of the Guangdong Maritime Customs, authorising the foreign merchant Estêvão (rendered as ‘Es-shan-chih’) to navigate with his vessel from Guangdong to Luzon (the Spanish Philippines) upon full payment of customs duties and maritime tribute (*shuixiang*); it specifies crew size (28), armaments (four swords, four muskets, no cannon), and stipulates conditions for passage and verification at checkpoints. The second is a public notice dated the 28th year of the Guangxu reign, sixth month (June 1892), issued under the authority of Supervisor Lü Song of the Canton Customs House, prohibiting the illicit trade in foreign opium within and around the Guangdong provincial capital, directing local magistracies to apprehend offenders, and warning of rigorous punishment for violations. Both documents reflect Qing fiscal regulation, maritime administration, and anti-opium enforcement policies, and are preserved with original seals, archival markings, and marginalia indicating bureaucratic procedure and authentication protocols.
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fulltext [transcription] {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] T.19 [Stamp — top center] [Red square seal: text illegible, appears to be official mark] [Title] 粵海關船牌 [Main text] 欽命管理粵海關稅務內務府郎中 方 為 會題請 上事照得西洋船隻既經交抽納餉或因風水不順飄至他省原非帶往貿易查有交抽印票即便放 行不得重徵先經會同定議具 題在案今據洋船商額斯山治裝載貨物前徃呂宋貿 易所有交抽稅餉已經照例完納合行給單驗爲此牌給本船商收執如遇關津要隘汛防處 所驗即放行不得重徵稅餉留難阻滯其隨帶防船大砲器械按照舊例填註牌內毋許多帶并 夾帶違禁貨物堅究未便瀆祀 番梢貳拾捌名 劍刀肆口 大砲○ 鳥鎗肆枝 [Signature] 右牌給夷商額斯山治收執 [Archival mark — left margin] 粵海關 行 遵 照 [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: 乾隆貳拾捌年拾月 日] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top center] [Circular red stamp: 粵海關 (Yuehai Guan) — partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] 粵海關 [Main text] 光緒二十八年六月 日 大吏○ 廣東省城內 奉憲示 為照會事:照得本關奉文查辦洋藥,所有各處私售之洋藥,均應一律禁絕。今據報稱,有不法之徒,仍敢在省城內外私售洋藥,實屬違法。除飭令該管衙門嚴拿究辦外,合行出示曉諭。為此示仰商民人等知悉:嗣後如有私售洋藥者,定即嚴懲不貸。其各凜遵毋違。特示。 [Signature] 粵海關監督 吕宋 [Marginalia — left] 准命會照專案關務司核議內詳列內中七 [Marginalia — right] 有印信者方為真件 [Stamp — center, vertical] [Red ink stamp, vertical orientation: 粵海關印 (Yuehai Guan Yin)] [Archival mark — bottom left] 824 [Archival mark — bottom right] 照 202 [translation] {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] Vol. 19 [Stamp — top centre] [Red square seal: official Qing imperial customs seal; inscription illegible] [Title] Customs Pass for Vessels Entering the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) [Main text] By imperial appointment, Fang, Supervising Secretary of the Imperial Household Department and Director of the Guangdong Maritime Customs, hereby issues the following directive: Whereas foreign vessels—having duly paid customs duties and maritime tribute (‘tax-tribute’, *shuixiang*) at this port—or having been driven by adverse winds or unfavourable currents to other provinces (without intent to engage in trade therein), are found in possession of valid stamped duty receipts, they shall be permitted immediate passage without reimposition of duties. This regulation was previously deliberated jointly by the relevant authorities and formally submitted to the throne for approval, as recorded in official archives. Now, it has been reported that the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’), master of a vessel bound for Luzon (the Spanish Philippines) with a cargo for commercial purposes, has fully discharged all applicable customs duties and maritime tribute in accordance with established precedent. Accordingly, this official pass is hereby issued for his use. This document shall serve as proof of compliance. The vessel’s master shall retain it for presentation at customs checkpoints, frontier stations, riverine inspection posts, and other regulated passages. Upon verification, the vessel shall be granted immediate passage without further demand for duties or tribute, nor may it be detained, impeded, or subjected to unwarranted delay. Pursuant to long-standing regulations, the vessel’s armaments—including shipboard cannon and small arms—are to be declared and entered herein; no excess weaponry shall be carried, nor any contraband goods concealed aboard. Violations shall be subject to rigorous investigation; repeated petitions on such matters are neither warranted nor admissible. Crew (foreign sailors): 28 persons Swords: 4 pieces Shipboard cannon: 0 pieces Muskets (‘bird-guns’): 4 pieces [Signature] This pass is issued to the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’) for his personal custody and presentation. [Archival mark — left margin] Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) Issued in accordance with due procedure [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: ‘Qianlong 28th Year, 10th Month, [day left blank]’ — i.e., October 1763] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top centre] [Circular red seal: ‘Yuehai Guan’ (Canton Customs House), partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] Canton Customs House [Main text] 28th year of the Guangxu reign, sixth month, [date omitted] Senior Imperial Official ○ Guangdong Provincial Capital By Order of the Provincial Administration NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Whereas this Customs House has been instructed by imperial mandate to investigate and suppress the illicit trade in opium, all unauthorised sale of foreign opium—wherever conducted—must be strictly prohibited. It has now been reported that certain lawless individuals continue to engage in the clandestine sale of foreign opium both within and immediately surrounding the provincial capital, thereby contravening established statutes. In consequence, instructions have been issued to the relevant local magistracies to apprehend and prosecute such offenders without delay. This public notice is accordingly issued for general information and compliance. All merchants, residents, and other persons are hereby formally admonished: henceforth, any person found engaged in the unauthorised sale of foreign opium shall be subject to rigorous punishment without exception. All are required to observe this injunction strictly and without deviation. Issued under authority. [Signature] Supervisor of the Canton Customs House, Lü Song [Marginalia — left] Approved. To be referred to the Special Department for Customs Affairs for detailed examination and deliberation; seven points specified therein. [Marginalia — right] Only documents bearing an official seal are deemed authentic. [Stamp — centre, vertical] [Red ink seal, vertically oriented: ‘Yuehai Guan Yin’ (Seal of the Canton Customs House)] [Archival mark — bottom left] 824 [Archival mark — bottom right] Notice 202
fulltext_transcription {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] T.19 [Stamp — top center] [Red square seal: text illegible, appears to be official mark] [Title] 粵海關船牌 [Main text] 欽命管理粵海關稅務內務府郎中 方 為 會題請 上事照得西洋船隻既經交抽納餉或因風水不順飄至他省原非帶往貿易查有交抽印票即便放 行不得重徵先經會同定議具 題在案今據洋船商額斯山治裝載貨物前徃呂宋貿 易所有交抽稅餉已經照例完納合行給單驗爲此牌給本船商收執如遇關津要隘汛防處 所驗即放行不得重徵稅餉留難阻滯其隨帶防船大砲器械按照舊例填註牌內毋許多帶并 夾帶違禁貨物堅究未便瀆祀 番梢貳拾捌名 劍刀肆口 大砲○ 鳥鎗肆枝 [Signature] 右牌給夷商額斯山治收執 [Archival mark — left margin] 粵海關 行 遵 照 [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: 乾隆貳拾捌年拾月 日] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top center] [Circular red stamp: 粵海關 (Yuehai Guan) — partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] 粵海關 [Main text] 光緒二十八年六月 日 大吏○ 廣東省城內 奉憲示 為照會事:照得本關奉文查辦洋藥,所有各處私售之洋藥,均應一律禁絕。今據報稱,有不法之徒,仍敢在省城內外私售洋藥,實屬違法。除飭令該管衙門嚴拿究辦外,合行出示曉諭。為此示仰商民人等知悉:嗣後如有私售洋藥者,定即嚴懲不貸。其各凜遵毋違。特示。 [Signature] 粵海關監督 吕宋 [Marginalia — left] 准命會照專案關務司核議內詳列內中七 [Marginalia — right] 有印信者方為真件 [Stamp — center, vertical] [Red ink stamp, vertical orientation: 粵海關印 (Yuehai Guan Yin)] [Archival mark — bottom left] 824 [Archival mark — bottom right] 照 202
fulltext_translation {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] Vol. 19 [Stamp — top centre] [Red square seal: official Qing imperial customs seal; inscription illegible] [Title] Customs Pass for Vessels Entering the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) [Main text] By imperial appointment, Fang, Supervising Secretary of the Imperial Household Department and Director of the Guangdong Maritime Customs, hereby issues the following directive: Whereas foreign vessels—having duly paid customs duties and maritime tribute (‘tax-tribute’, *shuixiang*) at this port—or having been driven by adverse winds or unfavourable currents to other provinces (without intent to engage in trade therein), are found in possession of valid stamped duty receipts, they shall be permitted immediate passage without reimposition of duties. This regulation was previously deliberated jointly by the relevant authorities and formally submitted to the throne for approval, as recorded in official archives. Now, it has been reported that the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’), master of a vessel bound for Luzon (the Spanish Philippines) with a cargo for commercial purposes, has fully discharged all applicable customs duties and maritime tribute in accordance with established precedent. Accordingly, this official pass is hereby issued for his use. This document shall serve as proof of compliance. The vessel’s master shall retain it for presentation at customs checkpoints, frontier stations, riverine inspection posts, and other regulated passages. Upon verification, the vessel shall be granted immediate passage without further demand for duties or tribute, nor may it be detained, impeded, or subjected to unwarranted delay. Pursuant to long-standing regulations, the vessel’s armaments—including shipboard cannon and small arms—are to be declared and entered herein; no excess weaponry shall be carried, nor any contraband goods concealed aboard. Violations shall be subject to rigorous investigation; repeated petitions on such matters are neither warranted nor admissible. Crew (foreign sailors): 28 persons Swords: 4 pieces Shipboard cannon: 0 pieces Muskets (‘bird-guns’): 4 pieces [Signature] This pass is issued to the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’) for his personal custody and presentation. [Archival mark — left margin] Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) Issued in accordance with due procedure [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: ‘Qianlong 28th Year, 10th Month, [day left blank]’ — i.e., October 1763] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top centre] [Circular red seal: ‘Yuehai Guan’ (Canton Customs House), partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] Canton Customs House [Main text] 28th year of the Guangxu reign, sixth month, [date omitted] Senior Imperial Official ○ Guangdong Provincial Capital By Order of the Provincial Administration NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Whereas this Customs House has been instructed by imperial mandate to investigate and suppress the illicit trade in opium, all unauthorised sale of foreign opium—wherever conducted—must be strictly prohibited. It has now been reported that certain lawless individuals continue to engage in the clandestine sale of foreign opium both within and immediately surrounding the provincial capital, thereby contravening established statutes. In consequence, instructions have been issued to the relevant local magistracies to apprehend and prosecute such offenders without delay. This public notice is accordingly issued for general information and compliance. All merchants, residents, and other persons are hereby formally admonished: henceforth, any person found engaged in the unauthorised sale of foreign opium shall be subject to rigorous punishment without exception. All are required to observe this injunction strictly and without deviation. Issued under authority. [Signature] Supervisor of the Canton Customs House, Lü Song [Marginalia — left] Approved. To be referred to the Special Department for Customs Affairs for detailed examination and deliberation; seven points specified therein. [Marginalia — right] Only documents bearing an official seal are deemed authentic. [Stamp — centre, vertical] [Red ink seal, vertically oriented: ‘Yuehai Guan Yin’ (Seal of the Canton Customs House)] [Archival mark — bottom left] 824 [Archival mark — bottom right] Notice 202
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spelling Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
This abstract describes two distinct historical documents from the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan), both originating from official Qing imperial administrative records. The first is a customs pass issued in the 28th year of the Qianlong reign, tenth month (October 1763), signed by Fang, Supervising Secretary of the Imperial Household Department and Director of the Guangdong Maritime Customs, authorising the foreign merchant Estêvão (rendered as ‘Es-shan-chih’) to navigate with his vessel from Guangdong to Luzon (the Spanish Philippines) upon full payment of customs duties and maritime tribute (*shuixiang*); it specifies crew size (28), armaments (four swords, four muskets, no cannon), and stipulates conditions for passage and verification at checkpoints. The second is a public notice dated the 28th year of the Guangxu reign, sixth month (June 1892), issued under the authority of Supervisor Lü Song of the Canton Customs House, prohibiting the illicit trade in foreign opium within and around the Guangdong provincial capital, directing local magistracies to apprehend offenders, and warning of rigorous punishment for violations. Both documents reflect Qing fiscal regulation, maritime administration, and anti-opium enforcement policies, and are preserved with original seals, archival markings, and marginalia indicating bureaucratic procedure and authentication protocols.
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Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
PT/TT/DCHN/1/1/000019
1764-01-03
Canton Customs House
Estêvão
Foreign Merchant Navigation Permit
Guangdong Maritime Customs
Imperial Household Department
Luzon trade
Qing Dynasty maritime administration
Sino-Portuguese commerce
customs pass
opium trade prohibition
shuixiang
{{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] T.19 [Stamp — top center] [Red square seal: text illegible, appears to be official mark] [Title] 粵海關船牌 [Main text] 欽命管理粵海關稅務內務府郎中 方 為 會題請 上事照得西洋船隻既經交抽納餉或因風水不順飄至他省原非帶往貿易查有交抽印票即便放 行不得重徵先經會同定議具 題在案今據洋船商額斯山治裝載貨物前徃呂宋貿 易所有交抽稅餉已經照例完納合行給單驗爲此牌給本船商收執如遇關津要隘汛防處 所驗即放行不得重徵稅餉留難阻滯其隨帶防船大砲器械按照舊例填註牌內毋許多帶并 夾帶違禁貨物堅究未便瀆祀 番梢貳拾捌名 劍刀肆口 大砲○ 鳥鎗肆枝 [Signature] 右牌給夷商額斯山治收執 [Archival mark — left margin] 粵海關 行 遵 照 [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: 乾隆貳拾捌年拾月 日] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top center] [Circular red stamp: 粵海關 (Yuehai Guan) — partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] 粵海關 [Main text] 光緒二十八年六月 日 大吏○ 廣東省城內 奉憲示 為照會事:照得本關奉文查辦洋藥,所有各處私售之洋藥,均應一律禁絕。今據報稱,有不法之徒,仍敢在省城內外私售洋藥,實屬違法。除飭令該管衙門嚴拿究辦外,合行出示曉諭。為此示仰商民人等知悉:嗣後如有私售洋藥者,定即嚴懲不貸。其各凜遵毋違。特示。 [Signature] 粵海關監督 吕宋 [Marginalia — left] 准命會照專案關務司核議內詳列內中七 [Marginalia — right] 有印信者方為真件 [Stamp — center, vertical] [Red ink stamp, vertical orientation: 粵海關印 (Yuehai Guan Yin)] [Archival mark — bottom left] 824 [Archival mark — bottom right] 照 202 {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 478 [Marginalia — top right] Vol. 19 [Stamp — top centre] [Red square seal: official Qing imperial customs seal; inscription illegible] [Title] Customs Pass for Vessels Entering the Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) [Main text] By imperial appointment, Fang, Supervising Secretary of the Imperial Household Department and Director of the Guangdong Maritime Customs, hereby issues the following directive: Whereas foreign vessels—having duly paid customs duties and maritime tribute (‘tax-tribute’, *shuixiang*) at this port—or having been driven by adverse winds or unfavourable currents to other provinces (without intent to engage in trade therein), are found in possession of valid stamped duty receipts, they shall be permitted immediate passage without reimposition of duties. This regulation was previously deliberated jointly by the relevant authorities and formally submitted to the throne for approval, as recorded in official archives. Now, it has been reported that the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’), master of a vessel bound for Luzon (the Spanish Philippines) with a cargo for commercial purposes, has fully discharged all applicable customs duties and maritime tribute in accordance with established precedent. Accordingly, this official pass is hereby issued for his use. This document shall serve as proof of compliance. The vessel’s master shall retain it for presentation at customs checkpoints, frontier stations, riverine inspection posts, and other regulated passages. Upon verification, the vessel shall be granted immediate passage without further demand for duties or tribute, nor may it be detained, impeded, or subjected to unwarranted delay. Pursuant to long-standing regulations, the vessel’s armaments—including shipboard cannon and small arms—are to be declared and entered herein; no excess weaponry shall be carried, nor any contraband goods concealed aboard. Violations shall be subject to rigorous investigation; repeated petitions on such matters are neither warranted nor admissible. Crew (foreign sailors): 28 persons Swords: 4 pieces Shipboard cannon: 0 pieces Muskets (‘bird-guns’): 4 pieces [Signature] This pass is issued to the foreign merchant Estêvão (‘Es-shan-chih’) for his personal custody and presentation. [Archival mark — left margin] Guangdong Maritime Customs (Yuehai Guan) Issued in accordance with due procedure [Seal — left margin, within main frame] [Red square seal: ‘Qianlong 28th Year, 10th Month, [day left blank]’ — i.e., October 1763] {{PAGE:2}} [Page] 824 [Stamp — top centre] [Circular red seal: ‘Yuehai Guan’ (Canton Customs House), partially faded, with floral border] [Heading] Canton Customs House [Main text] 28th year of the Guangxu reign, sixth month, [date omitted] Senior Imperial Official ○ Guangdong Provincial Capital By Order of the Provincial Administration NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Whereas this Customs House has been instructed by imperial mandate to investigate and suppress the illicit trade in opium, all unauthorised sale of foreign opium—wherever conducted—must be strictly prohibited. It has now been reported that certain lawless individuals continue to engage in the clandestine sale of foreign opium both within and immediately surrounding the provincial capital, thereby contravening established statutes. In consequence, instructions have been issued to the relevant local magistracies to apprehend and prosecute such offenders without delay. This public notice is accordingly issued for general information and compliance. All merchants, residents, and other persons are hereby formally admonished: henceforth, any person found engaged in the unauthorised sale of foreign opium shall be subject to rigorous punishment without exception. All are required to observe this injunction strictly and without deviation. Issued under authority. [Signature] Supervisor of the Canton Customs House, Lü
spellingShingle Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
Canton Customs House
Estêvão
Foreign Merchant Navigation Permit
Guangdong Maritime Customs
Imperial Household Department
Luzon trade
Qing Dynasty maritime administration
Sino-Portuguese commerce
customs pass
opium trade prohibition
shuixiang
title Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_autocomplete Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_full Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_fullStr Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_full_unstemmed Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_short Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Fang, ao mercador e capita) (Luís Sanches), sobre o comércio, de Macau para Manila
title_sort licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de cantão, fang, ao mercador e capita) (luís sanches), sobre o comércio, de macau para manila
topic Canton Customs House
Estêvão
Foreign Merchant Navigation Permit
Guangdong Maritime Customs
Imperial Household Department
Luzon trade
Qing Dynasty maritime administration
Sino-Portuguese commerce
customs pass
opium trade prohibition
shuixiang
topic_autocomplete Canton Customs House
Estêvão
Foreign Merchant Navigation Permit
Guangdong Maritime Customs
Imperial Household Department
Luzon trade
Qing Dynasty maritime administration
Sino-Portuguese commerce
customs pass
opium trade prohibition
shuixiang
topic_facet Canton Customs House
Estêvão
Foreign Merchant Navigation Permit
Guangdong Maritime Customs
Imperial Household Department
Luzon trade
Qing Dynasty maritime administration
Sino-Portuguese commerce
customs pass
opium trade prohibition
shuixiang
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