hoppon.
/ˈhɒpəʊ/ In China: The board of revenue or customs. Also (short for hoppo-man) an officer of the customs.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > collector of duty on goods
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exciseman1647
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custom house officer1654
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > office or department
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1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 101 The Hoppos, who look on Europe Ships as a great branch of their Profits, will give you all the fair Words imaginable.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 446 We should have met with great trouble from the Hoppo-men, or Custom-house Officers.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xvi. 448 The Bonita's boat..was..pursued by a Hoppo, or Custom-house boat.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 355 The Hoppo or Chinese Custom-house officer of Macao.
1882 Fan Kwae at Canton 36 The ‘Hoppo’ (as he was incorrectly styled) filled an office especially created for the foreign trade at Canton... The Board of Revenue is in Chinese ‘Hoo-poo’, and the office was locally misapplied to the officer in question.
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