The documents are dated Canton, Hong Kong, London, Manila, the River Min and Woosung, and include bills and accounts for supplies of stationery; a memorandum of stores for the 'Mahamoodie'; accounts for silk and cigar transactions with Barretto and Co. in Manila; memoranda regarding stocks and deliveries of opium; an advertisement of a voyage of the 'Cassandra'; a list of damaged bales from shipments of silk; a memorandum of treasure received from the ship 'Borneo'; sales accounts of opium from the 'Folkestone', Woosung; memoranda regarding adventures to Japan, 1859-1861; invoices of stores shipped from London; memoranda of sales on the 'Lanrick'; and a statement of the export of teas from Canton waters to Great Britain for the season 1883-1884. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; R.C. Crawford; Robert McMurdo; Henry Pottinger; Samuel Ronsell; Arlès-Dufour and Co.; Smith, Elder and Co.; 'Hellespont'; 'Mahamoodie'; Foochow; fabric; shipping; stationery; wine; and tobacco.