Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre o pagamento do foro do chão do território de Macau, no ano 42 do reinado de Qianlong (1777)
This document constitutes a translated Qing dynasty administrative warrant issued by Yang, Special Appointed Principal Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, dated the thirty-first day of the eleventh lunar month of the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to Decembe...
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1777-12-20
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/INCCHQIB/viewer_INCCHQIB.html |
| Summary: | This document constitutes a translated Qing dynasty administrative warrant issued by Yang, Special Appointed Principal Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, dated the thirty-first day of the eleventh lunar month of the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to December 1777 CE. The directive addresses the fiscal obligations of Haojing Ao (Macau), specifically the collection and remittance of land rent and fiscal silver traditionally due to the provincial treasury. The magistrate commands Western Affairs Officials, including the Portuguese intermediary Suo Suo Duo, to assemble the complete sum immediately. A textual anomaly references the fourth year of the Qianlong reign alongside the current forty-second year, suggesting the recovery of outstanding arrears rather than current-year revenue. The warrant mandates strict compliance for funds designated to cover military garrison provisions, requiring officials to present themselves promptly upon receipt. Scholarly apparatus notes paleographic features characteristic of Qing local-government ledgers, including administrative merit increments attached to the magistrate's title and phonetic transcriptions of Portuguese titles. The translation preserves original structural elements while annotating chronological discrepancies and areas of optical character recognition corruption to ensure evidentiary integrity for historical analysis. This record provides insight into Qing-Macau fiscal administration, cross-cultural bureaucratic interactions, and the mechanisms of tax enforcement within the southern coastal provinces during the late eighteenth century. |
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