Ofício do assistente do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Xing, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a entrega de José Francisco que foi detido, por provocar desordem
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty placard (*pái*) issued on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the thirty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1767) by the Sub-prefecture (*tīng*) of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture. It concerns the administrative handling of *Gāngākām*, a...
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1767-11-08
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/KW68482A/viewer_KW68482A.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official Qing dynasty placard (*pái*) issued on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the thirty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1767) by the Sub-prefecture (*tīng*) of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture. It concerns the administrative handling of *Gāngākām*, a foreigner under disciplinary custody, following his punishment by Nanhai County authorities—including public cangue, corporal punishment, and silver fines—and subsequent transfer to Xiangshan jurisdiction. The document directs the Deputy Magistrate of Xiangshan County to escort *Gāngākām* to Macau for formal handover to Lōuluōduō, the Macau *yìmù* (foreign headman), and mandates that he be placed under the supervision and restraint of his relatives, with strict prohibition on further movement or disruptive conduct. It specifies procedural requirements: submission of a written acknowledgement of custody (*shōuguǎn zhuàng*) by the *yìmù*, a formal receipt (*lǐngzhuàng*) from the relatives (three copies each), an official stamped receipt (*huìzhào*) for attending bailiffs, and formal reporting to the Military and Civil Administration (*Jūnmín Fǔ*) and Prefect. The text bears multiple red-ink seals and annotations—including ‘Approved’ (*Zhǔn*), ‘To proceed’ (*Xíngzǒu*), and ‘Comply’ (*Zūn*)—and reflects standard Qing bureaucratic formulae governing inter-county and Sino-foreign administrative coordination in the Pearl River Delta. The document is physically fragile, with faded ink and damage affecting marginalia and seals; transcriptions are based on palaeographic analysis and contextual verification. |
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