MAINLAND
CHINA
OF
Keow
Fresh Water Creat
White
Flock
Tango Pooks
PATERA
Pass for Small Junks'
MACAO "ISLAND (So called on Chart)
Village
Bluff H
Soah
Cultivated
#Hillook
Plain
White
Rock
Conchow
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From the Admiralty Chart of Chu-Kiang, or Canton River, from Macao and Hong Kong to Boca Tigris. Published 29th January, 1857.
In another map of the Canton River, published in London in 1841, during the British operations against the Chinese forts, the following note is inserted opposite the peninsula of Macao: "Belonging to Portuguese. Portuguese population, 5,000, with slaves; Chinese ditto, 30,000, under a Mandarin;" and opposite a line drawn across the neck of the peninsula, to mark the Portuguese boundary, another note is inserted, stating that the "barrier wall was built in 1573 to confine the Portuguese."
The Portuguese state :-
November 29, 1849.
"The sovereignty and possession which the Portuguese Crown has maintained in the city and territory of Macao, never interrupted during the long period of more than 300 years, is legally founded upon the concession of the said territory made to that Crown by the Emperors of China, in order that the Portuguese, who had succeeded in liberating the coasts and seas of the Empire from the pirates by whom they were infested, might establish themselves permanently there, building houses and fortresses in which they might dwell and defend themselves, governing themselves by their own laws, but paying to that Empire the small yearly charge of 500 taels,* a true covenant by quit-rent being thus effected, by which the full dominion of that territory was transferred to the Crown of Portugal."
+ About 1661.
3
Mr. Wade, No. 8; July 10, 1864.
rent being thus effected, by which the full dominion of that territory was transferred to the Crown of Portugal.
Mr. Wade, however, stated, in 1864, that the rent which had up to that time been paid was 800 taels (2667).
It would appear to be unnecessary to attempt to give an account of what passed during the first two centuries in which the peninsula was held by the Portuguese, although it may be stated that in 1622, and again in 1627, the Dutch unsuccessfully attacked the Portuguese at Macao, but that in 1661 they succeeded in defeating the Portuguese naval forces in the East Indies; that in that same year a Treaty of Alliance was concluded between Great Britain and Portugal, by which the King of England engaged to defend the Portuguese possessions "as Hertslet's Treaties, vol. 1, p. 494. England itself," and that it was considered by the Queen's Advocate;
Articles XI and XV. Renewed by Treaty of January 22, 1815, Article III.
November 4, 1843. Memorandum;
July 31, 1843.
To Baron Moncorvo;
September 29, 1849.
Queen's Advocate, in 1843, that Macao was intended by the Contracting Parties to be included in that engagement.
But when, in 1802, and again in 1809, the British Government sent detachments of troops to occupy Macao for its defence against an expected attack by the French, who were then at war with Portugal as well as with Great Britain, the Portuguese were unable to afford them any assistance.
On the first of these occasions, in 1802, the Portuguese Governor of Macao made a written appeal to the Chinese authorities, stating that the Portuguese resided at Macao with the Emperor's permission, and that they therefore entreated the Chinese authorities to exert themselves for the defence and protection of Macao against the English; and on the second occasion, in 1809, the Chinese authorities objected to the landing of the British troops, alleging that the territory of Macao was not Portuguese territory, but was part of the dominions of the Emperor of China, and they threatened that if the Portuguese authorities allowed the landing to take place, the Chinese would send forces to drive the British troops out. The Portuguese Governor, in consequence, informed the Admiral commanding the British vessels that he could not comply with his wish to be allowed to land his troops at Macao, because his being per...
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MAINLAND
CHINA
OF
Keow
Fresh Water Creat
White
Flock
Tango Pooks
PATERA
Pass for Small Junks'
MACAO "ISLAND (So called on Chart)
Village
Bluff H
Soah
Cultivated
#Hillook
Plain
White
Rock
Conchow
o I$
o a d
T
(4. 1/80 1377) F0.50 {"
From the Admiralty Chart of Chu-Kiang, or Canton River, from Macao and Hong Kong to Boca Tigris. Published 29th January, 1857.
In another map of the Canton River, published in London in 1841, during the British operations against the Chinese forts, the following note is in- serted opposite the peninsula of Macao: "Belonging to Portuguese. Portuguese population, 5,000, with slaves; Chinese ditto, 30,000, under a Mandarin ;" and opposite a line drawn across the neck of the peninsula, to mark the Portuguese houndary, another note is inserted, stating that the "barrier wall was built in 1573 to confine the Portuguese."
The Portuguese state :-
November 29, 1849.
"The sovereignty and possession which the From Baron Moncorvo ; Portuguese Crown has maintained in the city and territory of Macao, never interrupted during the long period of more than 300 years, is legally founded upon the concession of the said territory made to that Crown by the Emperors of Chiua, in order that the Portuguese, who had succeeded in liberating the coasts and seas of the Empire from the pirates by whom they were infested, might establish themselves permanently there, building houses and fortresses in which they might dwell and defend themselves, governing themselves by their own laws, but paying to that Empire the small yearly charge of 500 taels,* a true covenant by quit-
+ About 1661.
3
Mr. Wade, No. 8; July 10, 1864.
rent being thus effected, by which the full dominion of that territory was transferred to the Crown of Portugal."
Mr. Wade, however, stated, in 1864, that the rent which had up to that time been paid was 800 trels (2667).
It would appear to be unnecessary to attempt to give an account of what passed during the first two centuries in which the peninsula was held by the Portuguese, although it may be stated that in 1622, and again in 1627, the Dutch unsuccessfully attacked the Portuguese at Macao, but that in 1661 they succeeded in defeating the Portuguese naval forces in the East Indies; that in that same year a Treaty of Alliance was concluded between Great Britain and Portugal, by which the King of England engaged to defend the Portuguese possessions "as Hertslet's Treaties, vol. 1, p. 494. England itself," and that it was considered by the Queen's Advocate;
Articles XI and XV. Renewed by Treaty of January 22,
1815, Article III.
November 4, 1843. Memorandum;
July 31, 1843.
To Baron Moncorvo ;
September 29, 1849.
Queen's Advocate, in 1843, that Macao was intended by the Contracting Parties to be included in that engagement.
But when, in 1802, and again in 1809, the British Government sent detachments of troops to occupy Macao for its defence against an expected attack by the French, who were then at with Portugal as well as with Great Britain, the Portuguese were unable to afford them any assis-
tance.
war
On the first of these occasions, in 1802, the Portuguese Governor of Macao made a written appeal to the Chinese authorities, stating that the Portuguese resided at Macao with the Emperor's permission, and that they therefore entreated the Chinese authorities to exert themselves for the defence and protection of Macao against the English; and on the second occasion, in 1809, the Chinese authorities objected to the landing of the British troops, alleging that the territory of Macao was not Portuguese territory, but was part of the dominions of the Emperor of China, and they threatened that if the Portuguese authorities allowed the landing to take place, the Chinese would send forces to drive the British troops out. The Portu- guese Governor, in consequence, informed the Admiral commanding the British vessels that he could not comply with his wish to be allowed to land his troops at Macao, because his being per.
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