Press copies of letters from William Keswick, Herbert Magniac, Henry Murray and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Amoy and Formosa.

Press copies of letters from Joseph Jardine, William Keswick, James Macandrew, Herbert Magniac, Alexander Perceval and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Foochow, with odd letters to other parts of China. Most of the letters are addressed to partners or employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Many were sent to Richard Farr Hamilton, who was employed as a clerk by Jardine, Matheson & Co. at Foochow.

Press copies of letters from William Keswick, Herbert Magniac and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Japan, prinicipally Herbert Smith and Edward Whittall, Yokohama.

Copies (mostly press copies) of letters from Hong Kong to partners and employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and other correspondents at Canton, Hong Kong and Macao, with odd letters to other places. The authors are J.C. Bowring, Joseph Jardine, Robert Jardine, William Keswick, James Macandrew, A.C. Maclean, Herbert Magniac, Donald Matheson, Alexander Perceval and James Whittall.

An envelope containing a power of attorney granted by James Whittall of Sydenham Hill to Herbert St Leger Magniac of Hong Kong to manage his shares in the China Fire Insurance Company Limited, 20 April 1877.

An envelope containing a power of attorney granted by John Springfield Robinson of Shanghai, silk inspector, to Herbert St Leger Magniac of Hong Kong to manage his shares in the Union Insurance Society of Canton, 29 January 1874.

A power of attorney granted by Robert Jardine, merchant, late of China, to James Whittall, William Keswick and Herbert St Ledger Magniac to collect money owed to him, dated London, 7 March 1864.