招商局史の一局面 : 旗昌公司買収事件について

Abstract

In January, 1877, China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company purchased at the amount of 2, 200, 000 Shanghai Tls. Shanghai Steam Navigation Company which was an affiliated company of Russel & Company, resulting in a sudden expansion of the former's business, but this event initiated a series of public controversy on the corruption therein during 1880-81 with Wang Hsien-ch'ien playing an active part. Memorials to the throne were drafted by Liu K'un-i and Li Hung-chang, relying on the reports of investigation by Liu Jui-fen and Li Hsing-jui, while the Tungli Yamen made its own investigation as the agency in charge of such an affair. In the present article the different views and standpoints on the affair are analysed, and attempt is made to explore the effects of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company affair to its contemporaneous events.