The correspondents include John Childs; Robert Calver Crawford (Captain of the 'Mahamoodie'); John Currie (of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); M. FitzGibbon (Captain of the 'Gazelle' and 'Pathfinder' and agent at Amoy); Charles James Fox (of the 'Anonyma', 'Gazelle' and 'Adventure'); F. Freire; L. Freire & Co.; R. Hodge (clerk of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and served on the 'Adventure' and 'Wild Wave'); Thomas B. Hooper (Captain of the 'Borderer', 'Lanrick' and 'Glengyle'); James Innes; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Joseph Jardine; J.R. Luckes (Captain of the 'Thracian'); John McArthur (Captain of the 'Pet', 'Despatch' and 'Australia'); William Mackay (Captain of the 'John Biggar' and 'Fairy'); C.J. McKenzie; Alexander Maclean (of the 'Wild Wave', 'Adventure', 'Lady Hayes' and 'Mazeppa'); Malcolm Anderson Macleod (junior partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Henry Martin (Captain of the 'Harlequin'); Donald Matheson; Richard Miller (Captain of the 'Harlequin'); T. Miller; James Miln (Captain of the 'Vixen' and 'Mahamoodie'); Stephen Penfold Jnr (of the 'Slyph' and 'Gazelle'); John Spencer Perceval (of the 'Wild Wave'); John Rees (Captain of the 'Dansborg', 'Kronberg', 'Colonel Young', 'Austin' and 'Lady Hayes'); George Roope (Captain of the 'General Wood', 'Bomanjee Hormasjee' and 'Vixen'); Captain Smith; Captain Thomas Sullivan; John Temple (of the 'Harlequin' and 'Urow Johanna'); and Thomas Vincent (Captain of the 'Banshee').