早期侨批业运营的几个问题——以吧城华人公馆《公案簿》的记载为中心

Aspects Concerning the Early Operation of Oversea Remittance Trade——Centered on Records from "Book of Complicated Legal Cases"by Mansion of Oversea Chinese in Batavia

吧达维亚华人公馆的档案资料记载了19世纪中叶侨批局出现之前侨批业营运的情况,包括早期水客、经营方式、经营过程的信用保证、侨批纠纷的解决、经营过程中不可预见情况的处理等。在1787年到1846年这段时间里,水客作为一种行业,从事侨批递寄,制度上已经相当成熟。侨批局设立以后,水客在早期侨批业运营过程中建立的制度,诸如发展总分局的网络、收款后出具单据、兼营金融或者商贸业、利用汇水差价和商贸业获得利润等等,几乎都为批局所继承。

In the archives of Mansion of Oversea Chinese in Batavia,records can be found about the operation status of oversea remittance order in the mid 19th century,before the Office of Oversea Remittance came to service.The records cover such matters as the early remittance deliverymen,the means of operation,the credit guarantee of the process,the settlement of conflicts,and the handling of unpredictable problems.From the time 1787 to 1846,remittance delivery emerged as a systematically mature trade,delivering and...