This day the present Foyen, who is also Hoppo, leaves this city to be Foyen of the province of Fochien, to the great regret of all the merchants & others at this place, who are extreamly sorry to loose so good a governour, and the more so because they are informed he is to be succeeded by th...
Paid the Linguist upon Ton Hunqua's security tael 1950, being for the presents to the Foyen, Juntuck & other great Mandarines for our ship's present, which are now by custom looked upon to be as much their due as the measurage.
Early this morning the T'Sunto (or Chuntock) arrived in this city, upon which we came to a resolution of delivering him a letter in French to request his Chop for the good treatment of the Company's ships. pp.37-40 English text of the letter.
Honqua having had for some years a law suit depending was (under pretence of that) by the T'Sunto's orders seized last night by the Conchefu's officers and carryed in chains to his house and detained there a prisoner all night, whereas the true reason was for this bravely refusing to pay the 10 p...
Tinqua has been taken up by the Mandareens and detained a prisoner these 2 days on pretence of having been security for Keowlo, who a long time since contracted to supply the Emperor annually with a certain quantity of copper, of which he has been difficient. Tinqua was this afternoon released, h...
We must now take notice that [tutenague] has not been procurable this year at any price, the Emperor engrossing it for the coinage of his copper money, in which is mixed about 3/10ths of tutanague.