The correspondents include George Baldwin; John Bancroft (of the brig 'Dhaulle'); Bartolomeu Barretto; John Burd (Captain of the 'Norden' and 'Syden'); William Clifton (Captain of the 'Red Rover'); William Jardine; William Mackay (Captain of the 'John Biggar' and 'Fairy'); (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Jozé Francisco d'Oliveira; John Rees (Captain of the 'Dansborg', 'Kronberg', 'Colonel Young', 'Austin' and 'Lady Hayes'); Thomas Remmond (Captain of the 'Rome'); Jayme Simo (of the 'Virginia'); William Strachan (Captain of the 'Lady Hayes'); David Wilson (of the 'Hercules'); and Henry Wright (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.).