Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Cha, ao procurador de Macau, informando que tomou posse do seu cargo
This is a Qing dynasty administrative proclamation issued on the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month in the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776), originating from the Magistrate’s Office of Qingshan County and bearing its official red seal. The document is addressed to local officials and...
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1776-06-14
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/X3D5BMCU/viewer_X3D5BMCU.html |
| Summary: | This is a Qing dynasty administrative proclamation issued on the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month in the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776), originating from the Magistrate’s Office of Qingshan County and bearing its official red seal. The document is addressed to local officials and foreign community leaders—including ‘A-Li-Duo’ (Aledó) and other yìmù—in Macau, and concerns the enforcement of imperial regulations governing conduct, reporting obligations, and jurisdictional authority in the Macau enclave. It confirms the establishment of a Royal Commission vested with authority over public order among both Chinese and foreign residents in Macau, effective from the twenty-seventh day of the same month, and reiterates that governance and security responsibilities in Macau rest unequivocally with this Commission. The proclamation mandates strict supervision of foreign subjects by their designated leaders, prohibits disorderly conduct, and requires prompt official notification regarding foreign vessel departures and other regulated matters. Issued under Imperial Edict No. 325, it bears marginalia indicating the Deputy Magistrate for Macau—concurrently Assistant Magistrate of Xiangshan County and Acting Prefectural Secretary with three additional ranks—assumed office in the fourth month of the fortieth year of the Qianlong reign (April 1775). The document reflects formal Qing administrative procedures, jurisdictional delineation, and regulatory oversight of foreign presence in Macau during the late eighteenth century. |
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