Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a entrega de um certificado a um estrangeiro para ir a Cantão apanhar um navio, para regresso à sua pátria
This abstract describes a Qing dynasty administrative document dated the 20th day of the ninth lunar month in the tenth year of the Qianlong reign (1745), issued by the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Magistrate Gu [personal name], and registered as Second Register Entry....
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1745-10-16
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| Subjects: |
Guangdong Provincial Administration
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Lunar Calendar Dating
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Macau Foreign Headman
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Qianlong Reign Official Dispatch
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Qing Bureaucratic Sealing Practice
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Qing Dynasty administrative document
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Qing Warrant Transmission Protocol
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Sino-Portuguese Administration
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Xiangshan County Magistracy
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/V9P9M3CX/viewer_V9P9M3CX.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a Qing dynasty administrative document dated the 20th day of the ninth lunar month in the tenth year of the Qianlong reign (1745), issued by the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Magistrate Gu [personal name], and registered as Second Register Entry. The document is an official dispatch (*xinpai*) transmitted to the foreign headman (*Yimu*) at Macau, instructing him to deliver the enclosed warrant (*zhaopiao*) to specific foreign merchants identified as *Lama*, *Ma*, *La*, and *Ji*, among others. It commands these merchants to present themselves forthwith at the Guangdong provincial capital (Canton) with all prohibited goods in their possession for examination and verification by the Xiangshan subprefectural administration, under the supervision of the issuing office. Non-compliance is explicitly stated to constitute a breach of administrative order. A five-day deadline for compliance is recorded in marginalia, and multiple official seals—including one identifying the date and another denoting the issuing magistrate’s title—are affixed throughout the document. The text reflects formal Qing bureaucratic protocol governing foreign commerce and regulatory oversight in the Pearl River Delta region during the mid-eighteenth century, and serves as a primary source for studying Sino-foreign administrative interaction, maritime trade regulation, and local governance structures under the Qianlong emperor. |
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