Imperial Maritime Customs Service

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Imperial_Maritime_Customs_Service

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Chinese_Maritime_Customs_Service
gptkbp:archival_records_held_at	gptkb:The_National_Archives_(UK) gptkb:Second_Historical_Archives_of_China
gptkbp:contributedTo	infrastructure development modernization of China statistical data collection international trade regulation
gptkbp:country	gptkb:China
gptkbp:created_in_response_to	gptkb:Taiping_Rebellion
gptkbp:dissolved	1950
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:Chinese_nationals foreign nationals
gptkbp:established	1854
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Shanghai
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Imperial Maritime Customs Service
gptkbp:influenced	foreign powers
gptkbp:notable_for	multinational staff role in anti-smuggling operations autonomy from Chinese government role in foreign relations role in lighthouse construction role in meteorological observations role in postal service establishment role in public health measures role in quarantine enforcement role in salt revenue administration role in tariff negotiations role in treaty port system
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Customs_House,_Shanghai
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Sir_Francis_Aglen gptkb:Frederick_Maze gptkb:Sir_Robert_Hart
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Customs_Gazette
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Republic_of_China gptkb:early_People's_Republic_of_China gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:post_office gptkb:Inspector_General_of_Customs lighthouses collection of maritime customs duties collection of salt tax harbor infrastructure
gptkbp:primaryUse	tax collection customs administration harbor management postal administration
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:General_Administration_of_Customs_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Postal_Romanization gptkb:Late_Qing_dynasty gptkb:Zongli_Yamen gptkb:H._B._Morse gptkb:C._H._Brewitt-Taylor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7