Participação às autoridades sínicas, sobre a deliberação relacionada com a indagação a um escravo negro de um navio da praça de Macau que fez um negócio de enxofre em vez de lenhas, na ilha de Sanchodo
This archival document is a Qing dynasty administrative memorial dated to the 6th day of the third lunar month in the eleventh year of the Qianlong reign (1746), submitted to the Hon. Magistrate of Xiangshan County. It concerns an official investigation into allegations of illicit maritime trade—spe...
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1746-03-28
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/BAGNCISJ/viewer_BAGNCISJ.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is a Qing dynasty administrative memorial dated to the 6th day of the third lunar month in the eleventh year of the Qianlong reign (1746), submitted to the Hon. Magistrate of Xiangshan County. It concerns an official investigation into allegations of illicit maritime trade—specifically the clandestine exchange of black lead (lead ore) for rice—by foreign vessels operating from the Taiau (Macau) anchorage in the waters off Shangxia Cun (‘Upper–Lower Village’). The memorial confirms that no such foreign vessels had anchored or conducted prohibited exchanges in that area during the preceding year, noting that these waters lie adjacent to Macau and constitute the outermost maritime frontier of a local li administrative unit, serving as a principal corridor for Yi (foreign) and Yang (Western) vessel traffic entering or departing the region. Local residents, led by Qu Pin-kun and others, provided testimony asserting that exchanges had occurred but failed to supply verifiable details—including vessel registry number (hao), or names of officers or crew—rendering confirmation impossible. The memorial reports full compliance with prior directives and formally transmits findings both to the Magistrate of Xiangshan County and to the relevant supervisory authority for official record and review. This document provides primary evidence of Qing coastal administration, Sino-Portuguese maritime regulation, and local governance mechanisms in the Pearl River Delta during the mid-eighteenth century. |
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