Ofício do assistente do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Jin, ao procurador de Macau, informando que vem a Macau para entregar um ofício do vice-rei
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[Red ink seal with Chinese characters: 廣州府香山縣正堂關防]
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乾三十二年十月十九日諭
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特授廣州府香山縣正堂加一級紀錄八次軍功紀錄一次興 諭
澳門夷目唩嚟哆等知悉照得現奉
軍民府憲平 諭開經面稟
督憲飭令將節類斯每年與別國夷人同牌倉
發下澳即在別國夷館寄居次夏仍復同牌回
省等因奉此合就諭知諭到該夷目即便遵照立
即備辦公館傳齊八頭目并商通事在于公館聽候
本分縣的于廿一日親臨下澳面傳憲諭
毋違特諭
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[ILLEGIBLE: ~3 chars] 道
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[Red ink character: 諭]
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[Red ink stamp: 登內號訖]
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[Selo de cera com armas, texto ilegível]
Translation
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[Unclear: possibly a folio or archival reference number]
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Red ink seal bearing the Chinese characters: *Guǎngzhōu Fǔ Xiāngshān Xiàn Zhèngtáng Guānfáng*
(‘Official Seal of the Magistrate of Xiāngshān County, Guǎngzhōu Prefecture’)
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Nineteenth day of the tenth lunar month, Qianlong 32nd year (1767)
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By special appointment, His Excellency Xīng, Magistrate of Xiāngshān County, Guǎngzhōu Prefecture, with one additional rank and eight commendations for administrative service, plus one commendation for military merit, hereby issues the following proclamation:
To the foreign headmen (*yímù*) of Macau—Wēiláiduō and others—be it known:
Pursuant to an official directive (*píngyù*) recently received from the Military and Civil Administration (*Jūnmín Fǔ*), and having personally reported thereon to the Provincial Governor (*Dūxiàn*), it has been ordered that the *jiélèisī* (a Portuguese term, here rendered as *‘Jelaisi’*, referring to the annual Macau–Canton trade delegation) shall henceforth be required, each year, to travel to Guangzhou under the same official permit (*pái*) as merchants from other foreign nations. Upon arrival in Macau, they are to reside temporarily at the premises assigned to merchants of other foreign nations; the following summer, they shall return to Guangzhou together under the same joint permit.
In compliance with this directive, this proclamation is hereby issued to inform you accordingly. You are instructed immediately to prepare official lodgings (*gōngguǎn*) in Macau, convene the eight principal foreign headmen (*bā tóumù*), and summon the interpreters (*shāng tōngshì*) to assemble at the designated official residence to await further instructions.
This Magistrate will personally proceed to Macau on the twenty-first day of the current lunar month to deliver the Provincial Governor’s edict in person.
Do not fail to comply. This is a formal proclamation.
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[Illegible: approx. three characters] *Dào* (a title denoting a magistrate of county rank)
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Red ink character: *Yù* (‘Proclamation’)
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Red ink stamp: *Dēng nèi hào qì* (‘Registration number entered in the official register’)
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Wax seal bearing an illegible coat of arms and inscription