Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History

Shi Hou's $10 Brokerage Fees

施猴族人施塞光等,先後赴夷船買土,均系施猴、施漱寶二人接引代買,每箱抽分番銀十元,前後抽得番銀六百元。

When Shi Hou's kinsman Shi Saiguang went together with Shi Hou out to the foreign boats, it was always Shi Hou or Shi Shubao who assisted Shi Saiguang in purchasing the opium. They took a commission of $10 in foreign silver per chest, totaling over 600 silver in commissions.

Source: Junji chu Hanwen lufu zouzhe (Grand Council Chinese-Language Palace Memorial Copies, often cited as LFZZ), Beijing: First Historical Archives, 03–4007–048, DG 18.10.29.

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