Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative warrant (*pai*) issued in September 1745 (eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign) by Gu, Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, operating from the Left Hall. It concerns the recovery and remittance of 974.063 liang of si...
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1745-09-04
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/QG4XSFD8/viewer_QG4XSFD8.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative warrant (*pai*) issued in September 1745 (eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign) by Gu, Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, operating from the Left Hall. It concerns the recovery and remittance of 974.063 liang of silver—comprising eighteen sealed packets—embezzled or fraudulently withheld from funds designated for sugar procurement by seven Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, and Guo Songgong. The warrant directs the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*) to instruct the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*) to prepare two original formal receipts (*lingzhuang*) acknowledging receipt of the sum, to be submitted to the magistrate’s office for audit and verification prior to disbursement. The directive originates from an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), underscoring inter-jurisdictional administrative coordination in commercial oversight. The document bears multiple Qing-era red seals—including a circular seal identifying Gu as Acting Magistrate and a rectangular seal dating the issuance—and marginalia indicating registration and an unspecified compliance deadline. As a primary source, it provides direct evidence of fiscal accountability mechanisms, cross-cultural commercial regulation, and bureaucratic procedure in mid-eighteenth-century Guangdong coastal administration. |
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