The correspondents include Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); James Bridges Endicott (uncle of Henry C. Endicott); Thomas Blake Glover; Glover & Co.; William Gowland (Imperial Mint); L. Joseph & Co.;William Keswick; Kenneth Ross Mackenzie; James Martin Jnr (Captain of the 'Stag'); Herbert Smith (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Nicanor Tejerina; T. Waters (engineer to Imperial Mint); and Edward Whittall.

Letters from John Wilson (of Jardine, Matheson & Co.) to F.B. Johnson, 4 October 1877, and Jardine, Matheson & Co., 9 July 1878.

A declaration of ownership of the British screw steamship 'Staunch', registering Francis Bulkeley Johnson of Victoria, Hong Kong, as the owner of 36/64th shares of the vessel, dated Victoria, 15 October 1870.

Despatches received by Francis Bulkeley Johnson and William Keswick, Consuls General of Hawaii in Hong Kong, including information regarding coolie emigration to Hawaii.

Three coded telegrams from [F.B.] Johnson, Hong Kong, to [William] Keswick, Matheson & Co., London, 17, 24 and 26 February 1878, regarding the Takasima Mine, Goto Shojiro and the China Sugar Refinery. There are also manuscript decodings of each of the telegrams.

A manuscript letter from F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, to R. Jardine, London, 28 August 1875, regarding property at Shanghai and other matters, and enclosing a letter from Fred H. Bell, Shanghai, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., 24 August 1875, regarding the transfer of Lockhart's Hospital Lot to the firm. The envelope is numbered 9, and labelled 'Property at Shanghai: letter from Mr F.B. Johnson, 28 Aug 1875'.

From Nagasaki.

From 3 Lombard Street, London.

From Hong Kong.

A printed 'Letter on the Chefoo Convention to the Chamber's London Committee' by Francis Bulkeley-Johnson, Shanghai, 15 June 1877, issued by the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, 6 folios (sewn together). Loose inside is a letter from Alexander Michie, London, to Parkes, 17 January 1880, 1 bifolio.

Press copies of letters from R.A. Houstoun, F.B. Johnson, J.J. Keswick, William Keswick, John Macgregor, Henry Murray, William Paterson, Edward Whittall and James Whittall, Shanghai, to correspondents in China and Japan, including partners and employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Many of the letters are from F.B. Johnson.

A small set of press copies of letters from Edward Whittall, Yokohama, to F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, There are also two letters from Whittall to William Keswick, Hong Kong, February 1869.

Copies (mostly press copies) of letters from correspondents in China and Japan, and occasionally other places, to R.A. Houstoun, F.B. Johnson, William Keswick, Donald Matheson, Edward Whittall and James Whittall. Most of the letters were sent to Shanghai, but there are also some to Hong Kong. The principal recipients are F.B. Johnson and Edward Whittall.

A power of attorney granted by Francis Bulkeley Johnson of Shanghai, temporarily resident at Victoria, Hong Kong, to James Whittall and William Keswick of Victoria to manage three of his steamships, dated Hong Kong , 18 October 1870.

The correspondents include J.J. Buchheister; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Thomas T. Fergusson; H.H. Grenfell; Robert Alexander Houstoun; William Keswick; Hermann Mandl; and Herbert Smith (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.).