Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO FO 682/1976/110b

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Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES 1839-1860. Ch'i-ying et al. to Pottinger. Agree that foreign ships no longer have to proceed to Macao for registration or hiring pilots there. From now on, all foreign ships should stop at Heng-tang Fort for registration, for hiring of pilots from among licenced fishermen or pilots formerly of Macao, and for the boarding of customs officers to accompany the ships to Whampoa in order to forestall smuggling. 10 pages.
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  • United Kingdom
  • Nineteenth Century
  • English ships and Macau