英国新发现粤海关中英文船钞执照

The Newly Discovered Canton Customs Tonnage Dues Certificate

在英国剑桥大学图书馆《怡和洋行档案》的海关文献中,最新发现一件清代同治朝粤海关颁发的中英文船钞执照,真实再现了清代粤海关船钞执照的文书格式和时代特色,丰富了船钞的研究,宣示了国家的主权,体现了粤海关的进步,成为研究清代粤海关的重要文献。它反映了粤海关在传统中国与西方资本主义的影响下曲折发展的时代烙印,是中国传统海关向近代海关变迁的见证。

A tonnage dues certificate issued by the Canton Customs during the mid-nineteenth century has been newly discovered among the custom documents collected in the Jardine Matheson Archive of Cambridge University Library. Written in both English and Chinese, this certificate enriches the study of tonnage dues and demonstrates the sovereignty of the country and the development of the Canton Customs, caught between the influence of the traditional imperial system and the influx of Western capitalism.