Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Li, ao procurador de Macau, ordenando ao mercador inglês que regresse a seu país
This archival document is an official command issued in 1964 (archival reference T28) by the Commissioned Magistrate Li Shu, concurrently serving as Acting County Magistrate (third-grade rank, one merit award) and overseeing maritime defence, military–civil administration, and water conservancy for...
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1767-11-06
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Acting County Magistrate
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Assistant Intendant of Maritime Defence
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British merchant Barlow
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British merchant Gidgell
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Commissioned Magistrate Li Shu
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Dongguan County
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Guangzhou Prefecture
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Macau–Guangzhou administrative jurisdiction
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Shunde County
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Xiangshan County
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Zhongshan County
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/PIXCH7CZ/viewer_PIXCH7CZ.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official command issued in 1964 (archival reference T28) by the Commissioned Magistrate Li Shu, concurrently serving as Acting County Magistrate (third-grade rank, one merit award) and overseeing maritime defence, military–civil administration, and water conservancy for Macau–Guangzhou and the counties of Dongguan, Shunde, Xiangshan, and Zhongshan. Issued under the seal of the Assistant Intendant of Maritime Defence, Guangzhou Prefecture, the directive addresses foreign headmen (*Yimu*) concerning British merchants operating in southern China. It records the arrival of British merchant ‘Bariluo’ (Barlow) at Fujian on the 27th day of the eighth lunar month under official permit (*pizhao*), his subsequent restriction from unloading cargo or proceeding inland aboard the *Barilao* (Barlow) vessel, and the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi’s (Liangguang Zongdu) endorsement requiring strict adherence to prior instructions. The document further directs the expulsion of British merchant ‘Jijuo’ (Gidgell or Gidgell & Co.)—and his agent ‘Ya’—aboard the *Barilao*, citing their clandestine contact with another British merchant, ‘Dunzuo’ (Dunlop or Dunlop & Co.), as a violation of maritime regulations indicative of collusion. Compliance is mandated within eight days, with warnings of rigorous punishment for non-compliance. Marginalia include calendrical, juridical, and administrative notations, including references to the hexagram *Qi*, the term ‘bond’, and archaic ratification formulae. |
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