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Customs permit to the 'Te-lung', 1858
A customs clearance permit issued to the 'Te-lung', loaded with 500 bags of white sugar, 30 March 1858. The document was originally numbered 35.
Customs permit to the 'Te-lung', 1858
A customs clearance permit issued to the 'Te-lung', loaded with 700 bags of white sugar, 22 April 1858. The document was originally numbered 57.
Customs permits of North Fort Port, 1858-1859
Customs clearance permits issued by the Office of North Fort Port, Canton Maritime Customs, to various Chinese merchants confirming that they have paid the mercantile licences for their bags of white and brown sugar and clearing the goods for shipment to Kiangche port.
Customs permits of North Fort Port, 1858
Customs clearance permits issued by Tung-lung (Donglong) kuo, Office of North Fort Port, Canton Maritime Customs, to Shun-li (Shunli) confirming that he has paid the mercantile licenses for his bags of white sugar and clearing the goods for shipment to Kiang-nan port.
Receipt from Chintai, 1868
A receipt (in Chinese) from Chintai (Zhentai), Swatow, to I-chi (Yi ji) for sugar, 25 March 1868, with $30,685.49 having been delivered by Mr Yun-ch'en (Yun chen) of Hsin-hsing (Xinxing) Hong on I-chi's behalf. The receipt includes an English note about its contents.
Sugar tax roll, 1852-1885
This series consists of a wide range of business, legal and official Chinese documents dating mainly from the nineteenth century, particularly from the first half of the century. Many of the papers concern or are connected to Jardine, Matheson & Co. and its members. There are also a few items in English, French, Japanese, Parsi, Portuguese and Spanish (in the catalogue the documents are in Chinese unless otherwise stated).