广东省博物馆藏中国近代海关造册处税务司马士新史料探究

A Study on the New Historical Materials of H.B. Morse as the Commissioner of the Statistical Department of Customs in Modern China collected in Guangdong Museum

广东省博物馆新征集到中国近代海关造册处税务司马士在中国任职期间的40余份从未公开发表过的英文档案与相关文件资料,这些都是研究中国近代海关史的重要一手史料。本文以这批新史料为研究对象,对其进行了初步的翻译、分类、统计与整理。文中对马士的海关职业生涯进行了整体梳理,并在此基础上通过进一步的解读,厘清档案形成时间与原因、涉及的相关资料具体内容以及相关人物间的内在联系。

There are more than 40 unpublished English documents and relevant files of H.B. Morse collected in Guangdong Museum when he was appointed as the commissioner of the statistical department of Customs in modern China, which are important to the study of the history of modern Chinese customs. Taking these primary materials as the research object, the author makes some preliminary studies including the translation, classification, listing and sorting. On the basis of a review of Morse’s career, the author also makes a further analysis of the time and causes of the formation of these archives, specific contents of the relevant documents and internal relations among the people.