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Papers on business with constituents, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A8/149/11

Scope and Contents

A bundle of typescript documents regarding the business of agencies, offices and departments of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd with constituents. The documents include a memorandum of firms with whom the Engineering Department does business; a list of constituents of the China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd; a table of the Hong Kong Import Department suppliers and constituents; a statement of firms who deal with the Sundries Department; a table of Hong Kong Engineering Department suppliers; a list of Hong Kong Engineering Department agencies; a statement showing particulars of agency business in raw silk and waste silk; a report on China produce; a memorandum of firms with whom the Foochow Agency has transacted business during the past tea season; a reference memorandum of the Foochow Agency on imports, exports, finance, insurance and shipping; a memorandum of firms dealt with by the Hankow Agency and of the terms of business; a table of the Tientsin Import Department constituents and correspondents; a table on Tientsin Export Department business with other firms; a table on the Yokohama Agency's imports and exports; a table of imports and exports for Kobe; a table of imports and exports for Shimonoseki; a list of correspondents and commodities for Nagasaki and of the terms of this business; a memorandum of firms with whom the New York Office does business; a list of business connections of the Raw Cotton Department, Shanghai, for cotton imports and exports; and a list of tea constituents of Jardine Matheson, Shanghai. Some of the documents are accompanied by related correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.

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

1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The documents were formerly part of the Chairman's private historical papers held in Matheson & Co. Ltd's strongroom.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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