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Participação às autoridades sínicas, sobre a deliberação relacionada com a indagação a um escravo negro de um navio da praça de Macau que fez um negócio de enxofre em vez de lenhas, na ilha de Sanchodo
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丁11-2(anexo)
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太爺臺前作主施行
乾隆十一年三月
初六日
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奉此案查本年正月廿二日蒙 香山縣憲牌行同前事隨查上年青
內太澳洋船並未有在上下村海面寄水亦無黑子行礦換米等
事且上下村海面離澳不遠係里之邊外國若夷洋艘出入
經由之路合區偏坤等供開在此易換不知何號洋船里手
姓名無憑稽查恭奉前因除呈報
香山縣憲外合號呈覆
為此呈報
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Ding 11–2 (Annex)
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To the Hon. Magistrate: We respectfully petition Your Honour to adjudicate and implement this matter.
Qianlong 11th year, third month
6th day
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Pursuant to this case, it was ascertained that on the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the present year, an official notice (pai-hsing) was issued by the Magistrate of Xiangshan County concerning the same matter. Upon investigation, it was established that, during the preceding year, no foreign vessels—specifically those operating out of the Taiau (i.e., Macau) anchorage—had anchored in the waters off Shangxia Cun (‘Upper–Lower Village’); nor had any such vessels engaged in illicit activities—including the clandestine exchange of black lead (i.e., lead ore) for rice—within that maritime zone. Furthermore, the waters off Shangxia Cun lie in close proximity to Macau and constitute the outermost maritime frontier of the local li (a Qing administrative unit equivalent to a ‘ward’ or ‘neighbourhood’). As such, they form part of the principal maritime corridor traversed by foreign (Yi) and Western (Yang) vessels entering or departing the region. In their deposition, the local residents—headed by Qu Pin-kun et al.—stated that exchanges did indeed occur there, but were unable to identify the vessel’s registry number (hao), nor the names of its officers or crew; consequently, verification remains impossible. Having duly complied with the prior directive, we hereby submit this report both to the Magistrate of Xiangshan County and, concurrently, to the relevant supervisory authority for formal record and review.
Wherefore, this memorial is respectfully submitted.