晚清上海道契申领总趋势

General Trend of Application for Shanghai Title Deed and Its Influencing Factors in Later Qing Dynasty

道契是近代上海城市土地私有产权的登记证书。文章对2005年出版的30卷《上海道契,1847-1911》的资料作了系统的收集、整理和统计工作。文章统计出了这段期间历年道契的申领面积、契内均价等数据,对晚清上海道契申领总趋势的若干特征作了分析。租界当局和洋商具有扩张租界的冲动,文章分析了引起这种冲动可能的原因,认为人口是最直接的主要原因,并用计量方法作了检验。

Title deed was the registration certificate of private property of urban land in modern Shanghai. Based on the systematic information collection and statistical work concerning 30 volumes of Shanghai Title Deed from 1847 to 1911 published in 2005, this paper obtains the annual lease area and contract price during this period and analyzes the general trend of application for Shanghai title deed in later Qing dynasty. Concession authorities and foreign businessmen had the urge to expand the settlement then. This paper studies the reasons for the urge and regards the population as the main reason. Then it makes an econometric test to verify the theoretical analysis.