Ofício do assistente do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Cha, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a comunicação relativa a concessão de uma licença de reparação ao navio n.º 23
This archival document is an imperial edict issued in June 1776 (Qianlong 41st year, sixth month), bearing a red rectangular seal with Chinese characters and marginal annotation specifying the thirty-first day of that month. It was promulgated by the Left Magistrate to foreign headmen—including Yālū...
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1776-08-13
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/Q7I6KPEC/viewer_Q7I6KPEC.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an imperial edict issued in June 1776 (Qianlong 41st year, sixth month), bearing a red rectangular seal with Chinese characters and marginal annotation specifying the thirty-first day of that month. It was promulgated by the Left Magistrate to foreign headmen—including Yālūduō—and addressed to the ship’s master Huá Māoshū Xiǎoxiū. The edict transmits ‘Ship No. 23’, an official travel permit (*piào zhào*) issued under authority of the Military and Civil Administration (*Jūnmín Fǔ*), mandating the ship’s master’s immediate travel to Guangzhou—the provincial capital (*shěngchéng*)—to petition the Imperial Maritime Customs Commissioner (*Guān Xiàn*) for an additional official travel permit authorising onward passage. The document prescribes strict regulatory requirements: accurate declaration of all purchased goods; prohibition of under-declaration; submission of a detailed manifest upon return listing all imported goods for verification against the original permit; declaration and surrender of any surplus materials remaining on board after unloading to customs authorities for storage pending final settlement; and formal surrender of the original permit upon completion of all formalities. Non-compliance is explicitly prohibited. The edict concludes with confirmation of compliance and notes the enclosure of one official permit. This source provides direct evidence of Qing dynasty maritime administrative procedures, bureaucratic oversight of foreign commerce, and the regulatory framework governing foreign merchants and domestic shipping in late eighteenth-century Guangdong. |
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