The correspondents include A.E. Allen; John Henry Anderson (Robert Anderson & Co., Kiukiang and Hankow); Robert Anderson (Robert Anderson & Co., Kiukiang and Hankow); Robert Anderson & Co.; Henry Beveridge; E.T. Blair; H.G. Bridges (Augustine Heard & Co.); Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Cameron & Co.; Frank S. Deacon; Henry Collins Endicott; James Bridges Endicott (uncle of Henry C. Endicott); Charles Walter Everard (British Consulate); Walter Scott Fitz; R. Francis (of Shanghai); P. McGregor Grant; J.H.T. Günther (Harbour Master, Canton and Kiukiang); Robert Alexander Houstoun; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Robert Inglis (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); William Jaffray (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Frederick du Jardin; Edward Herbert Kenney (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); James Johnstone Keswick; William Keswick; Archibald J. Little; James Thomason McEwen (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Hector Coll Maclean; Henry Murray (partner of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); William Paterson (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); W.H. Shaw (Robert Anderson & Co.); G.H. Styan; F.J. Townend; Daniel Weld (Augustine Heard & Co.); Edward Whittall; and James Whittall.