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This abstract describes a 1643 handwritten administrative document from the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, designated Matao, Codex 2, Document 23, comprising a copy of proceedings from the *Conselho Ultramarino* (Overseas Council) dated 2 December 1643—the feast day of St Francis Xavier—and referencing a royal decree issued by the Portuguese monarch on 27 November 1642. The document records the Council’s inaugural session convened to consult maritime experts—including a pilot recently arrived from Porto, Captain Pedro Ferraz Barreto of the galley, and other experienced pilots—on navigational strategy for royal vessels bound for Macau amid unresolved peace treaties with the Dutch. It details their unanimous recommendation to proceed directly to China rather than divert via India, citing hazards including adverse winds, navigational uncertainties, and exposure to hostile or uncharted waters. The text further outlines strategic counsel regarding Portuguese imperial interests: concerns over Castilian influence prompting potential insurrection in Macau; advocacy for dispatching a royal ambassador—rather than one appointed by the Viceroy of India—to the King of Japan to secure favourable diplomatic and commercial relations; and emphasis on the substantial economic advantages anticipated from expanded trade with Japan and access to regional resources. Signatories include João Delgado Figueira, with marginalia and official seals affirming provenance and archival custody.

This archival document comprises a multi-page administrative correspondence originating from Macau, dated 4 January 1643 and annotated with later marginalia and stamps—including a 1921 date (6 December) and references to the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino de Macau—indicating its provenance and archival history. The text records deliberations of a colonial council addressing petitions and administrative matters concerning Macau’s governance under Portuguese authority. Key figures include the Jesuit Father João Soares de Apan (of Cat), the Chief Magistrate (Mezo Principal) of Macau, and the Meço (fiscal officer) responsible for customs, revenue, and cargo oversight at Macau’s port. The document concerns the approval of a petition despite its delayed submission, the administration of water resources and associated penalties in Macau, royal concessions regarding the supply of oil (óleo) to arriving ships, and the proposed appointment of the Meço to a formal fiscal role within the Royal Treasury. Comparative reference is made to Daman (Damacão) in Portuguese India, noted for its orderly administration. The text reflects institutional procedures of consultation (consulta), royal authority, and colonial bureaucratic practice in early modern Portuguese Asia, and bears official seals including ‘DE MACAU’ and ‘ARQUIVO HISTÓRICO ULTRAMARINO • MACAU’. It serves as primary evidence for the study of Luso-Asian administrative governance, ecclesiastical involvement in civil affairs, and maritime logistics in the seventeenth-century Portuguese Empire.

This archival document comprises a formal petition and accompanying administrative recommendation, dated 15 February 1641 and annotated with a later entry dated 1700, originating from the Portuguese Council of Finance in Lisbon. It concerns Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho, a long-serving colonial official resident in China, who petitions King Philip IV of Portugal (as monarch of the Iberian Union) for appointment as Captain of a royal vessel dispatched directly from Lisbon to China, authorisation to refit and sail that vessel—accompanied by his household and family—directly to Lisbon rather than Goa, and confirmation of all rights, privileges, and prerogatives accorded to Captains of the *Carreira da Índia*, including fiscal and commercial entitlements such as independent control over his cargo share. The document records his prior service as Captain of the *mes* in India, judicial and military duties performed therein, and royal permission granted on 15 February 1641 to depart India or China without Viceroy’s consent. It further recommends his appointment as Captain-Major (*capitão-mor da armada*) of the China-bound fleet, with succession provisions naming his two qualified sons should he or António Fialho Fernandes—already appointed Captain-Major—be unavailable. A supplementary 1700 notation reiterates his request for the office of *muito guarda da galé* and associated naval-administrative authority. The document is a primary source for studying Portuguese imperial administration, maritime governance, patronage networks, and cross-regional mobility within the Estado da Índia during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

This abstract describes a certified transcription of a 1640 Japanese decree issued jointly by the Prelate of Kyōto and the King of Japan, addressed to Portuguese authorities in Macau. The document records the enforcement of Shōgun Iemitsu’s prohibition on Portuguese maritime travel to Japan, enacted in response to persistent violations—including proselytising by Christian missionaries and misconduct by Portuguese subjects and native Japanese Christians—despite prior formal edicts. It details the punitive consequences for non-compliance: destruction of vessels, execution of all aboard, and beheading of principal officers. The text further critiques the Portuguese administration in Macau for omitting any reference to their purported cessation of missionary activity in official correspondence, interpreting this omission as evidence of bad faith. A supplementary section dated 15 October 1625—transcribed in *Nome de Deus na Ebina* by notary Manuel de Figueiredo Castelbranco and Rafael (alias Maldonado)—certifies the document’s authenticity and extends the death penalty to all native persons arriving from Japan or its associated ports—including Macau, Goa, and Spain—regardless of intent, circumstance, or status, with strict liability imposed on those harbouring fugitives. The original bears marginal annotations and a partially legible circular seal, possibly bearing the Tokugawa *triple-hollyhock* mon. This document is essential for scholarly analysis of Tokugawa-era foreign policy, religious persecution, colonial diplomacy, and legal enforcement mechanisms in early modern East Asia.

This abstract describes a historical transcription of municipal council minutes dated 23 July 1636, originating from the City of *Nome de Deus* (Macau), China. The document records a formal assembly of the twenty municipal councillors (*Mores*), Ordinary Judges Alonso Torre and Jacome de Moray Pereira, Councillors Pedro Roiz Pereira and João Carvalho Pinto, and City Procurator Miguel Machado, convened with the citizenry (*Povo*) in the *Câmara* chamber. Key subjects addressed include the appointment of a Director (*Diretor*) for the forthcoming Japan voyage, resolution of a debt of approximately seventy *taéis* owed to Japanese merchants, and the necessity of dispatching qualified citizens to Japan. The council unanimously approved a five per cent levy on relevant revenues or assets to finance the expedition, acting under the regulatory ordinance (*Regimento*) of Royal Judge Sebastião Torre Paes. Additional concerns raised include insufficient stipends for officials assigned to Japan, procedural risks in compiling passenger lists (*listas da gente que vai*), and petitions for administrative reform, fiscal transparency, and restoration of customary governance. The document was transcribed by Gaspar Correa Coelho, Alferes and Notary of the Municipal Council (*Escrivão da Câmara*), and bears multiple archival seals and signatures of over fifty named individuals, including municipal officers and citizens. It is held in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino under reference 02.945 C.

This archival document comprises a composite set of late 16th- to early 17th-century Portuguese colonial administrative and judicial records, primarily concerning the contested succession, renunciation, and royal appointment to the *Viagem da Índia* and *Viagem da China*, with particular focus on the offices and entitlements associated with Dom Pedro de Faria (d. 1580), Dom Pedro de Castro, Dom Diogo de Faria, and Dom Diogo de Castro, Count of Monsanto and Linhares. The material includes petitions, royal warrants (*postillas*, *alvarás*), judicial records (*autos*, *sentenças*), notarial instruments (*apóvilas*, *fideicomissos*), chancery decrees, and marginal annotations originating from Lisbon, Goa, Macau, and Madrid, and bearing seals of the Arquivo Histórico Colonial, Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, and Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid. Key locations referenced are Lisbon, Goa, Macau, Diu, Safana, Damão, Mangalor, and the Momo River. Central themes include the legal validity of testamentary succession to royal maritime commissions, the procedural conditions for formal renunciation before royal courts or in India, the precedence of appointments under the *Ordenações Filipinas*, the fiscal administration of voyage-related revenues (*Fundo Dom Diogo de Farto*), and the jurisdictional interplay between the Casa da Índia, the Royal Council (*Conselho do Reino*), the Desembargadores do Paço, and the Viceroyalty of India. The documents collectively illuminate the mechanisms of Iberian imperial governance, hereditary office-holding, and colonial legal culture in the Estado da Índia between 1563 and 1634.

This is a composite administrative document from the Portuguese Estado da Índia, comprising multiple dated fragments (1626–1627) originating primarily from Goa and Macau, with marginalia, seals, and archival provenance indicating custody by colonial archives in Bahia, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, and Macau. It records deliberations of the Council assisting the Government—comprising royal ministers, treasury officials (Junta da Fazenda), and the Council of Finance—regarding fiscal exigencies confronting the Royal Exchequer amid severe constraints on revenue from Portugal. Key figures include António d’Almeida de Morais, Luís Morguinha, and the Count-Nuno, Viceroy of India; locations encompass Macau, Mozambique, Japan, Diu, Goa, Lisbon, and the Cape Verde coast. The document details contractual arrangements for state-supervised voyages—particularly the Macau–Nagasaki trade (*Viagem do Japão*), voyages to Mozambique, and intra-Asian commerce—specifying valuations in *xerafins*, *réis*, *vinténs*, and *patacas*; conditions for forced labourers (*forçados*); revenue assignments (*adrogo*); freight duties (*imagens*); and fiscal concessions to confraternities such as the *Virgens do Cabo*. It reflects tensions between municipal autonomy (notably Macau’s bid for administrative independence) and central colonial authority, mechanisms for revenue farming, contested appointments (*provídos*), and the integration of hybrid fiscal instruments—including Chinese imperial contributions, ecclesiastical obligations, and mercantile consortium agreements (*Empreza*)—within the imperial financial architecture. The material is essential for research on early modern Iberian colonial finance, maritime trade governance, and the administrative history of Portuguese Asia.

This abstract describes a corpus of seven interrelated Portuguese royal administrative documents dating from 1611 to 1617, preserved in the Arquivo da Marinha e do Ultramar and associated colonial archival repositories in Lisbon. The materials comprise royal warrants (*alvarás*), provisions (*provisões*), and draft charters issued by the Spanish-Portuguese monarchy under the Iberian Union, concerning financial and logistical support for religious foundations in Madrid: specifically, the Monastery of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns, the Hospital das Necessidades Agostinhas, and the Monastery of the Holy Letters of the Augustinian Nuns. Key figures include Queen Margaret of Austria (referred to as ‘Her Majesty the Queen, may she rest in holy glory’), King Philip III of Spain and II of Portugal, Viceroy Dom Diogo de Mendonça Corte Real of India, Gaspar Lobato, Gaspar d’Abreu de Freitas, and officials including the Clerk of the Treasury and Overseers of Finance (*Vedores da Fazenda*) in Goa. Central to the corpus are grants of five *viagens da Índia* (royal licences for commercial voyages between Portuguese Asia and Europe), two additional voyages between Japan and China, and five *braças* of *Rina* revenue, all earmarked exclusively for construction and endowment. The documents originate from Madrid and São José (1617), specify customs exemptions at Goa, outline transmission protocols via ships *Ilha* and *Exmo Sr.*, and bear seals of the Ministry of the Navy and Overseas Territories, the Ministry of the Colonies, and the Archivo Histórico Colonial. They constitute primary evidence of cross-continental fiscal mechanisms, ecclesiastical patronage, and colonial administration under early modern Iberian imperial governance.

This archival document, dated March 1762 and originating from Macau, is a sworn declaration made by Tomás Hemmelar before witnesses concerning contested inheritance matters involving the Society of Jesus. The declaration distinguishes Elizabette Mater of the Society of Jesus from the Procurator of the Province of Capel as individuals of different nativity, thereby clarifying their separate legal identities in relation to the estate. Hemmelar asserts that the remaining heirs have taken possession of his estate and states that he has formally referred the matter to the Consul, specifying that payment related to these proceedings has been made by a party he intends to name. The document bears marginal annotation ‘M6’ and is catalogued within the archival series ‘Macau, box 1, document’. As a primary source, it provides direct evidence of ecclesiastical-administrative procedures, inheritance disputes, and jurisdictional interactions between Jesuit institutions and secular consular authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Portuguese Asia. Its provenance, linguistic form, and procedural content make it valuable for scholarly analysis of colonial legal practice, Jesuit governance structures, and cross-cultural property law in the early modern Portuguese empire. Researchers should note its evidential significance for understanding the dissolution of Jesuit assets following the 1759 expulsion decree, though the text itself does not reference that event explicitly. The document is preserved in an unedited, contemporary hand and reflects period-specific terminology, orthography, and legal conventions essential for contextual historical interpretation.

This abstract describes a historical document fragment held under archival reference T 60, comprising an official Chinese administrative order issued in the Qianlong 42nd year, ninth month (September 1777), as confirmed by a central circular red seal. The document originates from a county office’s Bamboo Division and authorises First Class Clerk Liang Chang to collect and submit documents daily to the Waiting Room for Processing, with marginal annotation confirming its routine administrative character. It bears two official red seals: one imperial date seal and one partially preserved rectangular county yamen seal containing the characters for ‘county’ (xiàn) and ‘seal’ (yìn). The main text is legible, though a signature or seal impression at the conclusion remains illegible—recorded as approximately three characters—and a further fragment at the upper edge is cropped and illegible—recorded as approximately four characters. No substantive Portuguese or Luso-African textual content is present; the references to Kraken transcription failure, ink corrosion, palaeographic complexity, and Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino pertain solely to a separate, unrelated digitisation context and are not features of this document. Researchers requiring verification of script or contextual interpretation are advised to consult the original physical item and engage specialist sinological palaeographic review.

This archival document is an Imperial Edict issued on the 27th day of the seventh month in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777 CE), addressed by Magistrate Yang, Presiding Magistrate of the Prefecture, to foreign headmen in Macau—including Amsa Tó and others. The edict concerns the regulation and valuation of opium, tobacco, and silver currency transactions under joint Sino-foreign oversight. It records the submission of one *lá* of superior-grade opium (part of a ten-*lá* consignment) at six silver taels per *lá*, totalling sixty taels; details expenditures on silver flowers (*hua yin*) amounting to 160 *yuan*; specifies two chests of tobacco totalling 205½ *lá*, valued at 571 *yuan*; and confirms the confiscation of snuff and tobacco valued collectively at 571 silver taels, with payment dispatched via domestic servant and receipt (*lingzhuang*) required. Marginalia include administrative notations (e.g., ‘T59’, ‘two-fifths outstanding’), red-ink annotations indicating inspection and edict validation, and a central imperial stamp. The text employs period-specific units (*lá*, *yuan*, *tael*), colonial-era transliterations, and terminology reflective of Qing-era commercial governance in Macau, offering primary-source evidence for scholarly analysis of Sino-foreign regulatory frameworks, fiscal administration, and opium trade logistics in late eighteenth-century maritime China.

This abstract describes a Qing dynasty administrative document, specifically an official notice (*pái*), issued in 1777 by Yáng, Magistrate of Xiangshan County (modern Zhongshan City, Guangdong), acting *ex officio* as Chief Magistrate (*Zhèngtáng*) with five merit grades and eight commendations. Dated the 4th day of the 7th lunar month in the 42nd year of the Qianlong reign (1777), the notice transmits a cascade of imperial and provincial directives: it originates from an Imperial Edict rescinding the prior ban on cotton imports into Guangdong Province, as relayed through instructions from Lǐ Xiàn, Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Yáo Xiàn, Provincial Financial Commissioner (*Bùzhèng Shǐ Sī*), both dated 22nd–23rd June 1777. The document formally instructs foreign supercargoes—including Gāmǎduō (a contemporary Chinese transliteration likely denoting a British East India Company officer at Canton) and others—to resume the commercial loading and unloading of cotton by foreign vessels under the Canton System, explicitly prohibiting obstruction, delay, extortion, or non-compliance by local officials or personnel. It was transmitted to the Military-Police Subprefecture (*Róng Tīng*) for enforcement and bears multiple official seals and marginal annotations indicating receipt, implementation precedent, and westward transmission. As a primary source, it illuminates Qing bureaucratic procedure, imperial policy revision, and the regulation of foreign trade in late eighteenth-century Guangdong.

This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict, dated the 1st day of the seventh month in the 42nd year of the Qianlong reign (1777 CE), issued by His Honour Magistrate Yang and bearing seals of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, Inspector-General’s Office, and a *jiājiǎng* (Commendation) seal. The document addresses Indigenous Headmen—including Vileto—and Macau Customs Authorities, concerning the seizure and official requisition of opium imported by foreign vessels arriving at the port, totalling over fifty *lā* (c. 62.5 kg) and four *tǒng* (c. 160–200 kg). It records repeated demands for surrender of this contraband, condemns foreign merchants’ disregard of directives and engagement in unauthorised private trade prior to tributary approval, and mandates repackaging of specified quantities into standard bottles for tribute ceremony use. Marginalia include dating references to the Xiá era (a non-standard designation possibly indicating scribal error or alternative calendrical notation), archival identifiers (T54, 1477, T5 *zi*), and an urgent annotation (*jí*). The text reflects administrative procedures governing maritime trade, opium regulation, tributary protocol, and inter-ethnic governance in late eighteenth-century southern China, particularly in relation to Macau and Indigenous communities under Qing jurisdiction.

This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued in the seventh month of the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777), bearing the red square seal ‘Qianlong 42nd year, seventh month’ and authenticated by the red circular imperial character *Yù* (‘Imperial Command’). The document originates from Xiangshan County and bears the red seal of its magistrate, Yang, and the National Archive of Torre do Tombo. Addressed to foreign community leaders known as *yimu*—specifically Portuguese merchants operating from Macau—the edict concerns the regulation of snuff imports arriving via vessels from the ‘Lesser Western Ocean’. It mandates that all such merchants must fully disclose quantities of snuff brought to Macau and report them formally to Chinese authorities, who retain the right to set purchase prices and procure consignments under tribute protocols. The text identifies breaches involving collusion between foreign merchants and local traders, evasion of the required journey to the provincial capital, and illicit sale of concealed cargo. In response, the Provincial High Commissioner has issued a confidential directive authorising discreet investigations by specially appointed officials and public proclamations to enforce compliance. Violators face prosecution and severe punishment under Qing law; the edict grants temporary leniency but commands immediate and strict adherence to the stipulated procedures. Marginalia—including inventory codes (T56, 951, V444), a red checkmark, and the circled annotation ‘Violation—strict observance—prompt execution’—attest to its archival handling and administrative urgency.

This abstract describes a bilingual historical document comprising an imperial edict issued in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777), specifically on the second day of the seventh lunar month, and bearing marginalia dated to the Ren Yin year—contextually aligned with 1777 rather than other possible sexagenary cycle equivalents. The document is an official proclamation issued by Guan, Acting Prefect of the Guangzhou Maritime Defence Prefecture for Military and Civil Affairs, addressed to the foreign headman of Macau. It transmits an imperial directive originally promulgated by Li, Governor-General of Guangdong Province, concerning trade regulation and agricultural policy in Guangdong. Key provisions include: the prohibition of foreign (termed ‘Oceanic Barbarian’) vessels engaged in cotton trade from entering Guangdong ports, issued under direct imperial command; and a subsequent imperial rescission of the provincial ban on cotton cultivation. The text bears multiple official seals, including those of the Guangzhou Maritime Defence Prefecture, the Office of the Guangzhou Prefecture for Military and Administrative Affairs, and the National Archive of the Torre do Tombo, indicating its archival provenance and administrative circulation. The document reflects Qing-era governance mechanisms, Sino-foreign diplomatic protocol, and the interplay between imperial authority, provincial administration, and maritime trade oversight in late eighteenth-century Guangdong. It is a primary source of significance for scholars examining Qing legal administration, colonial-era commercial regulation, and cross-cultural diplomatic communication in southern China.

This abstract describes a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued on the eighteenth day of the sixth lunar month in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (AD 1777) by Yáng, Magistrate of Xiangshan County, addressed to António da Silva (‘An Sǎo’), headman of the foreign community in Macau, and other relevant parties. The document concerns the annual springtime tribute requisition for the Duanjie Festival, specifically mandating the procurement and delivery of high-quality European snuff (‘yangyan’) as one designated tribute item. It references prior directives from Yáng, Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, requiring Xiangshan County to ascertain established precedent, prepare the requisite quantity, and dispatch it via special courier to the Provincial Administration Office before the Governor-General’s departure for the capital. The edict further stipulates that returning vessels must immediately surrender all cargoes—including snuff and associated bottle caps—to county authorities for official valuation and purchase, prohibiting private sale under penalty of censure. Marginalia note non-dispatch and arrival dates (22nd), reference code ‘T54’, and affirm the binding authority of tribute regulations. The document bears multiple red seals, including the magistrate’s office seal and a circular seal endorsing the marginal note on tribute protocol.

This official edict, issued on the twentieth day of the fifth month in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777), originates from the Assistant Magistrate for Maritime Defence of Guangzhou Prefecture and is preserved in the National Archives of Torre do Tombo (Portugal). The document constitutes a formal administrative directive addressed to foreign superintendents (Yímù) and local officials concerning the regulation of cotton trade involving Western vessels in Guangzhou and Macau. It strictly prohibits Portuguese subjects from coercing or soliciting Chinese fishing boats and sampans for clandestine transport or supply; forbids the storage or transhipment of cotton in Macau; bans private trading with local Chinese subjects; and mandates that all cotton loaded by foreign vessels must be fully exported to their country of origin, with no concealment within Guangdong Province. Foreign officials are required to submit detailed quantitative inventories to the Magistrate’s Office, unload and store goods exclusively within the designated Canton residence, and maintain continuous oversight. Collusion by local shopkeepers in smuggling is to be reported immediately to the Prefectural Office for escalation to provincial authorities. The edict underscores zero tolerance for leniency, emphasising strict, immediate compliance under threat of disciplinary action. Marginalia and multiple imperial- and prefecture-level seals—including those bearing inscriptions ‘T53’, ‘Ruì # Jǐng #’, and ‘Ding 53’—attest to its bureaucratic provenance and enforcement chain.

This archival document is an official summons issued by the Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Yang, addressed to the Portuguese authorities in Macau, concerning regulatory compliance for two Chinese merchant vessels—numbered 22 and 7—intended for commercial trade with Luzon (the Philippines). Dated 29 February of the current year according to the main text, the notice references prior reporting by the Grain Administration and acknowledges receipt of communication from the Customs Department. It records the failure of foreign superintendents to report the vessels’ departure dates, deeming this omission highly irregular. The summons mandates immediate submission—by the present day—to an official messenger of: (1) the scheduled departure date and a full inventory of all artillery and firearms aboard; and (2) the complete names of all European and non-European personnel on board. The document bears multiple archival marks, including a circular red seal identifying the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (1907), a faint rectangular stamp with illegible East Asian script, and a square seal with indistinct Chinese characters in dark blue or black ink. Marginalia indicate a possible earlier dating to the twentieth day of the second month of the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776), though this conflicts chronologically with the 1907 seal and the Gregorian date of 29 February; the numerical annotation ‘T52’ and marginal figure ‘164’ are also present. The sheet exhibits significant physical deterioration, including fragmentation, foxing, and water staining.

This abstract describes a Chinese official treasury receipt (*kushou*) issued on the 24th day of the 12th month of the *Qianlong* 41st year (13 January 1777, Gregorian calendar) by Yang, Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, holding Rank Nine and acting under imperial instruction. The document records the formal acceptance of silver payments from Western Resident Officials—specifically Anleduo and others—relating to fiscal obligations for the year *Qianlong* 44 (1779). It certifies receipt of two sums: 500 taels of silver as land rent levied on the Macau enclave (*Houjing’ao*), and 15 taels as a subsistence allowance (*yanglian yin*) for the provincial governor’s office and circuit intendant’s office. Notably, these funds were exempted from storage in the county treasury pending further directive. The receipt was issued by the Clerk’s Office (*Chengfa Fang*) and formally addressed to the foreign headman *Anlueduo* for personal custody and record-keeping. The document bears two red square seals: the *Xiangshan County Seal* and the *Office of Administration* (*Jingli Yamen*) seal. Marginalia indicate external endorsement dated ‘With December 1777’ and classify it as a county-level directive. Archival references include 295/751, 12 T/444 A, and TSL. This primary source is significant for research into Qing-era Sino-foreign fiscal administration, Macau’s legal and economic status under Chinese sovereignty, and local governance practices in Guangdong during the late eighteenth century.

This abstract describes an imperial mandate issued on the 14th day of the 11th lunar month in Qianlong 41 (28 November 1776) by Yang, Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, holding the rank of *Zhèng Bāpǐn* with five additional promotions and eight commendations, concerning the urgent collection of land rents and grain-tax silver from the Macau (*Háojìng Ào*) enclave. The document, bearing the official seal of the Magistrate’s Clerk (*Diǎnshǐ*) of Xiangshan County, addresses the Western (Portuguese) Community Magistrates—including *Duo Luo Gan*—as foreign headmen (*Yí Mù*), directing them to complete immediate and full collection of the outstanding Qianlong 41 tax revenues and remit the silver without delay to the Xiangshan County office. It specifies that these funds, traditionally recorded in the *Dīng-Dì* (‘Population-and-Land’) tax registers and forwarded to the provincial treasury, were required for disbursement as soldiers’ stipends via the provincial military paymaster. The mandate was received and registered in the Waiting Office (*Chéng Hòu Fáng*) and bears multiple official endorsements, including ‘Approved’ (*Pī*) and marginalia indicating Xiangshan County and a submission deadline. Archival reference numbers ‘483 T59 1976’ appear repeatedly, with handwritten annotation ‘T59’ confirming its classification. This primary source provides direct evidence of Qing administrative oversight of Macau’s fiscal obligations during the late eighteenth century and reflects formal Sino-Portuguese administrative interaction under imperial jurisdiction.