Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Li, ao procurador de Macau, informando que vem a Macau para as inspecções locais

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Title
Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Li, ao procurador de Macau, informando que vem a Macau para as inspecções locais
Abstract
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative notice issued in the ninth month of the 32nd year of the Qianlong reign (October–November 1767) by the Acting Magistrate of the Guangzhou Prefectural Maritime Defence Military Administration, who also held the concurrent post of supernumerary county vice-magistrate (*xiancheng*) and had been granted one additional rank with meritorious service formally recorded. The notice is addressed to foreign heads (*Yi mu*) at Macau, specifically naming Luo Duo and others, and records the magistrate’s personal inspection visit to Macau on the sixth day of that lunar month to assess local conditions and administrative affairs. It formally instructs the named foreign officials to present themselves without delay for audience and official consultation, stipulating that all matters requiring attention or action must be duly addressed, and explicitly prohibits non-compliance. The document bears three red seals: a circular seal in the left margin identified as *Guangzhou Fu Hai Fang Jun Fu* (Guangzhou Prefectural Maritime Defence Military Administration); an illegible central seal within the main text; and an illegible seal in the top right corner. Marginal annotations confirm the date and archival references (356, 1464) and identify the document as page T25. This primary source provides direct evidence of Qing bureaucratic oversight of foreign residents in Macau during the mid-eighteenth century and reflects the formal protocols governing Sino-foreign administrative interaction under the Canton System.
Date
1767-10-26
Archive
Portugal. Arquivos Nacionais da Torre do Tombo
Loc. in Archive
PT/TT/DCHN/1/1/000025
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Transcription

Page 1

[Page]
T25

[Archival mark]
356
1464

[Stamp — left margin]
[Circular red stamp with dense Chinese characters, partially legible: 廣州府海防軍府...]

[Marginalia — left margin]
乾隆三十二年九月

[Main text]
署廣州府海防軍府候補縣丞加一級記功
澳門夷目嘍哆等知悉照得
本署府的于本月初六日親臨澳門
閱地方情形合行諭知諭到該夷目等
俱遵照伺候所有應辦事宜亦即
辦理毋違特諭

[Signature]


[Seal — center of main text]
[Red circular seal, illegible]

[Seal — top right corner]
[Red seal, illegible]

Translation

Page 1

[Page]
T25

[Archival reference]
356
1464

[Stamp — left margin]
[Circular red seal bearing dense Chinese characters, partially legible: *Guangzhou Fu Hai Fang Jun Fu* (Guangzhou Prefectural Maritime Defence Military Administration)]

[Marginal annotation — left margin]
Ninth month of the 32nd year of the Qianlong reign (October–November 1767)

[Main text]
Acting Magistrate of the Guangzhou Prefectural Maritime Defence Military Administration, concurrently serving as a supernumerary county vice-magistrate (*xiancheng*), with one additional rank conferred and meritorious service officially recorded.

To the foreign heads (*Yi mu*) at Macau—Luo Duo and others—this notice is hereby issued:

The undersigned Acting Magistrate personally visited Macau on the sixth day of the current month to inspect local conditions and administrative affairs. In accordance with established procedure, this official notification is now issued to inform you accordingly. You are hereby instructed to present yourselves promptly for audience and official consultation. All matters requiring attention or action shall be duly attended to without delay. Failure to comply is strictly prohibited. This is an official directive.

[Signature]
Complied with

[Seal — centred within main text]
[Red circular seal; inscription illegible]

[Seal — top right corner]
[Red seal; inscription illegible]

Citation
Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Li, ao procurador de Macau, informando que vem a Macau para as inspecções locais. (1767). Portugal. Arquivos Nacionais da Torre do Tombo (PT/TT/DCHN/1/1/000025). http://43.156.68.124/docs/7JJKF33E/viewer_7JJKF33E.html