Documents on the Shanghai waste silk mill, 1894-1895
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and accounts regarding the waste silk mill, Shanghai, dated Shanghai and Hong Kong, including a memorandum of the probable loss on unsold stock of waste silk in the hands of William Keswick; the working account of the mill, May-October 1894, with a memorandum regarding the account (two copies), a response to queries in the memorandum, and a corrected account; notes on the mill account for the season 1894-1895; and a waste silk account balance sheet, September 1895.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1895
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Extent
8 item(s) (8 items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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