Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a entrega de um certificado a um estrangeiro para ir a Cantão apanhar um navio, para regresso à sua pátria
Transcription
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474
475
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九月廿一
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登內號訖
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[Circular red stamp, partially visible: 署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧]
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署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧 為稟報事 乾隆十年九月二十日奉
軍民府信牌仰廳照依事理即將發來照票一張飭發夷轉給夷
人呅嗎喇呎等收執 帶違禁貨物取具
本府查核毋違等
此牌行該夷目照依
喇呎等收執入省搭
本署廳以憑查驗轉
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右牌行夷目准此
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限
五
日繳
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[Red rectangular seal with illegible characters]
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[Red rectangular seal with characters: 乾隆十年九月]
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[Red circular seal with illegible characters]
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Translation
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474
475
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21st day of the ninth lunar month
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Registration completed; assigned document number recorded
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Circular red seal (partially legible): *Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Magistrate; Second Register Entry; Gu [personal name]*
[Main text]
*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Magistrate; Second Register Entry; Gu [personal name]*
Regarding the submission of a formal report:
On the twentieth day of the ninth lunar month in the tenth year of the Qianlong reign (1745), an official dispatch (*xinpai*) was received from the Military and Civil Prefectural Administration (*Junminfu*), instructing this subprefectural office to act in accordance with due administrative procedure. Accordingly, the enclosed official warrant (*zhaopiao*) is hereby transmitted to the foreign (i.e., non-Chinese) authorities for onward delivery to the designated foreign merchants—specifically, the individuals known as *Lama*, *Ma*, *La*, and *Ji*, among others—for their personal receipt.
These merchants are required to present themselves with all prohibited goods in their possession, so that such items may be examined and verified by this Prefectural Administration. Failure to comply will constitute a breach of administrative order.
This official dispatch is issued to the designated foreign headman (*Yimu*, i.e., the officially recognised leader or intermediary of the foreign merchant community at Macau) for strict observance and execution. The aforementioned merchants—*Lama*, *Ma*, *La*, and *Ji*, et al.—are to receive the warrant and proceed forthwith to Guangdong provincial capital (Canton) for inspection and verification, under the supervision of this Acting Subprefectural Office.
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This official dispatch is hereby issued to the foreign headman (*Yimu*); compliance is required.
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Deadline for compliance:
Five days
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Red rectangular seal (characters illegible)
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Red rectangular seal: *Tenth year of the Qianlong reign, ninth lunar month*
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Red circular seal (characters illegible)
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