SM Mr. Davids Translation of fwo Edicts from the IIoppo of Canton. 



They are permitted to take up their abode in the said factories, and there 

 to remain until the business is concluded and the ships have departed, when 

 tliey are required immediately to petition for a pass to Macao. Supposing 

 that their accounts arc not wound up, they must still remain at Macao : 

 they are not pei-mitted to loiter about at Canton. There have already been 

 strict mandates issued on this subject ; they are on record. With the 

 exception of the English (/. e. the Company's factory), who by proceeding 

 up to Canton when the sliips arrive, and requesting a pass to Macao as 

 soon as the business is concluded, have conformed to the regulations, and 

 concerning whom, therefore, it is unnecessary to make any observations, — 

 the Keang-keo (country or Anglo-Indian), the Americans, and other 

 foreigners, have continued to sojourn at Canton after their business was 

 concluded. Wiien tlie ships of these nations had already set sail and left 

 the port, they asserted that there were still other ships to come after them, 

 thus persisting in loitering about within the foreign factories. It is also 

 understood that there are foreigners, who publicly set up shops for goods 

 within the factories, and carry on clandestine dealings with natives. Not 

 only is it to be feared that smuggling may be tiie result of this practice, 

 but disturbance and trouble may also arise from such intercourse as the 

 above : it would, therefore, be a great unkindness to foreigners, as well as 

 a neglect in the peaceful government of the district, were it not severely 

 restrained. It is right to issue tliis mandate to tlie Hong merchants, that 

 tlicy may instantly transmit it to foreigners of all nations, requiring their 

 obedience thereto. If they have no trading business actually in hand, let 

 them immediately embark and return home ; if their accounts are yet 

 unsettled, let them go and wait at Macao : tliey must not loiter about, 

 under borrowed pretexts. Siiould they dare to be obstinate and oppose, let 

 an address be sent up for their immediate expulsion. Let inquiries be 

 also made concerning those foreigneis who have set up shops within the 

 factories, and who carry on clandestine dealings with natives ; what nation 

 they belong to ; and why the merchants iiave not reported them. Let 

 inquiries be immediately made on receipt of this, and an answer returned, 

 that the business may be arranged. Make no excuses for delay, by which 

 offence and punishment will be incurred. Hasten, hasten ; a special 

 mandate ! 



Taou-Kwang, 5 th year, 9th moon, 7th day. 



