There are 8,263 principal letters and 50 supplementary letters. The correspondents include the following names:

Acow (Akow); Acow & Co. (also Akoe & Co. and Akow & Co.); William Adam (of the 'Swallow'); Affo; Revd José Joaquim d'Afonseca Mattos (Professor at Seminario de S. Jose, Macao); A.V. de R. Aggersborg; C. Agnew; Fernando Aguirre; Ahmed Hajee Esaac; H. Alexander; Alisch & Co.; William Allen (Captain of the 'Ann'); Frederick P. Alleyn; Angel Almeda (Captain of the 'Singular'); Jose d'Almeida Jnr; L. d'Almeida (purser, S.S. 'Canton'); [ ] Amaral; Dr Alexander Anderson; Captain George Cobham Anderson (Marine Superintendent, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong); Captain Andree; Pedro de Aramburu; Albino Gonsalves de Aranjo; Nicolas Tanco Armero; John Martin Armstrong (Thomas Hunt & Co.); Francisco de Assis Fernandes; Antonio Astorquia; Bernardino de Azcárraga; F. d'Azevedo (of Deacon & Co.); Florentino Antonio de Azevedo; Florentino Antonio de Azevedo & Co.

James Bannerman (East India Co.); Vicente Francisco Baptista; M. de Barcaiztegui; George Barnet; N.V. Barradas; Bartolomeu Barretto; Bartolomeu Antonio Barretto; João Antonio Barretto; Luis Barretto; Antonio de Barros; J.J. de Barros; J.D. Barrutia; A.T.M. Basto; J. Bathgate; David Baxter; William Baynes; Thomas Beale; Thomas Chay Beale; S.E. Beeton; Edward Belcher; Charles Bell (Captain of the 'Mercury'); Paulo Vicente Bello; L. Bénatre (Captain of the 'Richard'); Silas Bent; M.D. Bernadino; Robert Berry; Mariano de Bertodano; Bertodano & Co.; Thomas Maria Bessone, Sobrinho; Ludwig Beyer (Netherlands Consul); John Blacklock (Captain of the 'Annie Archbell'); Henry P. Blanchard; W.M. Blanckenhagen; Blaney & Co.; J.H. Bletterman; James Booth (Captain of the brig 'Colombia'); William Boothby; Braz Joaquim Botelho; Alphonse de Bourboulon (Minister Plenipotentiary of France in China); Bourjau, Hübener & Co.; William Bowe; John Charles Bowring; William Sprott Boyd (also Thomas Podé, pseudonym); Charles William Bradley; Custodio Jozé Ferreira Braga; George Thomas Braine; Guilherme Francisco Bramston; Mariana Jozefa Bramston; Thomas Gardiner Bramston; Thomazia Joaquina Bramston; William Bramston; Brandáo & Co.; Francisco de Briones (Captain of the 'D. Jorge Juan'); John Brodie; T.R. Brown; R. Browne; William Buckler Jnr; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); John Burd (Captain of the 'Norden' and 'Syden'); Burjorjee Maneckjee; David Laing Burn (of the 'Edinburgh'); C. Bury; V. Byramjee.

Calvitar Cachatoor; James S. Cadenhead (Captain of the 'Philip Laing'); Cadoo Rohemtotlall; Vicente Cagigas; Robert Rogerson Calvert; Lorenzo Calvo; L. Calvo & Co.; Captain Cameron (of the 'Orleana'); A.J. Campbell; Colin Campbell (Lieutenant-Colonel, 98th Regiment); J. Candido; Bernardo C. Canevaro; J.M. Cantuarias; D. Carlin (Captain of the 'Deerfoot' and 'Deerhound'); B.E. Carneiro; William Carr (Captain of the 'Mangles', 'Mercury', 'Vixen' and 'Hellas'); Mr and Miss Carvalho; Francisco Antonio de Carvalho; L. Carvalho; Cassimbhoy Nathabhoy & Co. (also Casseembhoy Nathabhoy & Co. and Cassumbhoy Nathabhoy & Co.); Cassum Mooljee; Jose Maria de Castaños; Francisco de Castro (Lieutenant-Colonel); Ignacio Fernandes de Castro; José Maria de Castro; Alexandrino Antonio de Mello, Viscount of Cercal; Antonio Alexandre de Mello, Viscount of Cercal; C.A. das Chagas; Joaquim N. das Chagas; C. Alexandre Challaye (French Consul); Albert Fry Chambers (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China; Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China; O.L. Chase; Captain George Cheveley; China Sea, Saigon & Straits Steamship Co. Ltd; Robert C. Chrystie (Captain of the 'Sarah'); H.M. Clarke; George Thomas Clayton; J. Clements (of the 'Valdivia'); William Clifton (Captain of the 'Red Rover'); John Coleman; Frederick William Coles; Thomas Richardson Colledge; Colvin & Co.; James Patfield Cook (partner, Thomas Hunt & Co.); Joseph Coolidge; Domenico Copello (Captain of the S.S. 'Glensannox'); Captain Miles Corner; Antonio Vicente Cortella; Miss E.M. Costa (sister of José Philippe da Costa); F.A. da Costa; João d' Costa; José Philippe da Costa (José Filipe da Costa) (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Mrs M.A. da Costa (mother of José Phillipe da Costa); N.T. Costa; Rufino da Costa Martins; Antonio Joaquim da Costa Basto; William Coulson (Captain of the 'Kelso' and 'Maitland'); Comte R. de Courcy (French Legation in China); Cowasjee Pallanjee (Cawasjee Pallanjee); Captain Crawford; Adam Howden Crawford; Thomas Crawford; C.D. Cressy; F.C. Crew; C.D. Cruz; Atanasio de Cucullu (Captain of the 'Buen Suceso'); Cursetjee Bomanjee; William Curtis ('Hong Kong Times').

Dadabhoy Byramjee; Dadabhoy Rustomjee Patell; Captain Charles Daly; Carlos Danenberg; James Frederick Nugent Daniell (of the East India Company); W.S. Davidson & Co.; Richard Bell Davies; John Francis Davis; Deacon & Co.; Warren Delano Jnr (U.S. Vice Consul at Canton); Emilio Delboy (Acting Consul General of Peru); Samuel Dent; Dent & Co.; Dent, Thomas & Co.; João de Deos de Castro (J. Castro); John Henry De Salis; Robert P. De Silver (U.S. Naval Storekeeper); Roger D'Faria & Co. (Roger de Faria & Co.); David Dick (Captain of the 'Robin Gray'); John Dickson (Captain of the 'Island Queen'); George Basil Dixwell (Augustine Heard & Co.); J.B. Douthy (Captain of the 'Stakesby'); Sandwith Drinker; Drinker & Hunt; J.M. D' Sequeira; Duarte Brothers, Liverpool; Price Blackwood, Baron Dufferin and Claneboye; William Durant (Captain of the 'Good Success'); J.A. Durran Jnr; Alfred T. Duval.

Pedro de Echeverrigaray; E.D. Edgell; Robert Edwards; Thomas Dyer Edwards (of Edwards & Hunter); Edwards & Hunter; H. Elgin; Charles Elliot; Edward Elmslie; Benjamin E. Emanuel ('Hong Kong Times'); Ludovino d'Encarnaçao; [ ] Endicott; Henry Collins Endicott; James Bridges Endicott (uncle of Henry C. Endicott); Sarah A. Endicott; William Endicott (of the 'Ann Welsh'); A. Enriquez; Francisco Espejo.

Christopher Fearon; Frederico Augusto Ferreira; Joaquim Honorato Ferreira; George Findlay (Fletcher, Larkins & Co.); James Finlay (of S.S. 'Spee'); E.M. Firmin (Elles & Co.); [ ] Fischer; Edward Fischer (agent of Jardine Matheson, Yokohama and Osaka); Maximilian Fischer; George V.W. Fisher; Angus Fletcher; Fletcher, Larkins & Co.; Antonio F. da Fonseca; F.V. Fonseca; Jose Maria da Fonseca; R. da Fonseca; Gilson Reeve Fox (chief mate, then captain of H.C.S. 'Marquis Camden'); Framjee Jamsetjee; Framjee Pestonjee; William Hales Franklyn (Captain of the 'Little Catherine'); Antonio de Freitas; J.M. de Freitas Branco (Captain of the 'Saida'); A. & D. Furdoonjee.

Frederick Gach; E. Garreta; Edward Gassett; Gepp & Co.; B. Gernaert; Augusto J. Gomes; Joaõ Baptista Gomes; Bernardo Gomes de Lemos; G. Gonzaga; F.M. de Graça; Samuel Goodhue (Captain of the 'Talbot'); Goolam Hoosain Megjee; G.F. Gottlieb (Captain of the 'Flora' & 'Samadany'); José Bernardo Goularte; L.A. de Graça (proprietor of the Royal Hotel); G.F. Graham (Captain of the 'Lizzie'); Alexander Grant (Captain of the 'Jamesina', 'Lord Lowther', 'Castle Huntly' and 'Hercules'); P.W. Graves (of the 'Spee'); C. Gray (of the 'Dona Carmelita'); D. Gray (Secretary, Union Insurance Soc.); Ronald Greig; Henry Gribble (of the 'Marquis Camden' and British Consul at Amoy); Gribble, Hughes & Co.; A.W. Grosvenor.

W.M. Hall (of the 'Coleroon'); James Hamilton; Mrs N. Hamilton; Elizabeth R. Haskell (Elizabeth R. Russell); Francis Hathaway Haskell; [ ] Heard; Augustine Heard Jnr; John Heard (partner, Augustine Heard & Co.); Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hector (Captain of the 'Lady Hayes'); Pedro de las Heras (of Macao); Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; A.H. Hewitt; C.S. Heynes; [ ] Higgins; Luman Norton Hitchcock; J. des Amorie van der Hoeven; Henry Holgate (surgeon); 'Hong Kong Daily Advertiser'; 'Hong Kong Times'; Hong Merchants (Cohong); George Horback; Mrs Laurençia Horback; Hormasjee & Rustomjee; Hormasjee Byramjee (Hormuzjee Byramjee); Augustus Howell (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); J. Howell; Howland & Aspinwall; Howqua; Henry W. Hubbell; R. Hudleston; William H. Hughes (Gribble, Hughes & Co.); Gervas Humpston; Thomas Hunt (Thomas Hunt & Co.); Thomas Hunt & Co.; M.D. Hunter; T. Hunter; William C. Hunter; J. Hyndman.

Robert Inglis; James Innes; W.C. Irwin.

Thomas J. Jackson (of H.C.S. 'Hannah'); William Jacob (Captain, Bombay Artillery); Jalbhoy Cursetjee (of Bombay); Horatio Gay James (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (Cursetjee Jamsetjee), 2nd Baronet; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy & Co.; (Sir) Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Sons & Co.; [ ] Jardine; Andrew Jardine; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Joseph Jardine; Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet; William Jardine; Commanders of Jardine Matheson & Co.'s Southern Stations; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Joze Manuel de Jesus; William Bishop G. Johnson R.N. (mate, H.M.S. 'Blenheim'); William S. Johnson (of the barque 'Peep o' Day'); Alexander Robert Campbell Johnston; Andrew Johnstone; James H. Jones (of the U.S.S. 'Macedonian' and U.S.S. 'Powhatan'); W.P. Jones; Joaquim Francisco Jorge; José Vizente Jorge; Miles Prendergast Jukes (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); L. Just Jnr.

Arthur Saunders Keating; William Keswick; P.F. Kierulf; Thomas William Kinder (Mint Master, Hong Kong); Captain King (of the 'Zemindar'); Michel Alexandre Kleczkowski; D. Knight.

Anna de Lacerda; John Patrick Lalor; E.L. Lança; Captain Lancaster; John Henry Larkins (nephew of Thomas Larkins); Peter George Laurie (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); George Tradescant Lay; Frederick Lee; William R. Leger; H.A. Leiria; J. de Lemos; William Leslie; Jozé Maria de Oliveira Lima; Lindsay & Co.; Theophilus Gee Linstead; João Seixeira de Lira; W.C. Little; John Livingstone; Anders Ljungstedt (Andrew Ljungstedt); José Maria Lobo d'Ávila; Constantino Jozé Lopes; F.A. Lopes; Januario Jozé Lopes; P.J.F. Loureiro (Post Captain of Macao); Joseph Luker (of the barque 'Lord Petoe); George Lungley (of the 'Lady Hayes'); Robert Lungley; Lyall, Matheson & Co.

James Macandrew; Robert Arthur Macandrew (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Commercial Community at Macao; Judge in Government of Macao; Governor of Macao; Charles E. MacDonnell (Captain of the 'Lord Amherst'); John McArthur (Captain of the 'Pet', 'Despatch' and 'Australia'); P. McCallum; James McCormick (Captain of the 'Countess of Seefield' and member of Alvord & Co.); William McCredie (Captain of the 'Mountain Ash'); Charles McDonald; John Macgregor; Benito Machado (Captain of the 'Dorothea'); Juan Nepomuceno Machado; Peter Macintyre (Captain of the 'Alfred the Great'); William Mackay (Captain of the 'John Biggar' and 'Fairy'); J. MacKenzie (Captain of the 'Dewa Gungadheer'); Alexander Campbell Maclean (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Malcolm Anderson Macleod (junior partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Macvicar & Co.; [ ] Magniac; Charles Magniac (brother of Hollingworth and Daniel); Daniel Snaith Magniac; Herbert St Leger Magniac; Hollingworth Magniac; Mahomudbhoy Alloobhoy; Jose Antonio Maia; Maria Michaella Maia; George Alexander Malcolm (Major, 3rd Dragoons); J. Ayton Mann (Thomas & Mercer); Daniel Manson; Henry Davies Margesson; Margesson & Co.; Charles Markwick; Richard Markwick; R. Markwick & Co.; Markwick Edwards & Co.; Antonio Germano Marques; Antonio Germano Marques Jnr; Domingos S. Marques (Thomas Hunt & Co.); Delacroix Marsy (Captain of the 'Josephine Amédie'); Antonio Martins d'Oliveira; Vincente Martins de Paiva; [ ] Matheson; Alexander Matheson; Colin Shaw Matheson; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Merwanjee Jejeebhoy; Joseph Melany; A.A. de Mello & Co.; Captain Melville; Alejandro Menacho; John Ambrose Mercer (purser on the 'Inglis'); Messrs Mercer; Federico Albino de Mesquita; J.C. van der Meulen; John Middleton (of Middleton & Co.); C. Milisch; William Charles Milne; Weld & Minot; Jozé Baptista de Miranda e Lima; Edward Mitchell; James Molony (Select Committee, East India Company); Anna Maria Moor; William Morgan (Captain of the 'Pascoa' and 'General Wood'); William H. Morss; Lionel Moses; P.L. Murat (Captain of the 'Anna'); Henry Murray (partner of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Mortimer Evelyn Murray (British Vice-Consul, Macao); T. Musson (Captain of the 'Conch').

Lady Elizabeth Napier (wife of 9th Lord Napier); Thomas D. Neave (of Macvicar & Co. and Neave & Co.); James Neish (Captain of the 'Fort William'); G. Nesbitt; Thomas George Newton (tea inspector for Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Pedro Nolasco da Silva; Noor Mohmed Ebrahim; J. Nunes; Gideon Nye; Nye & Co.

Captain Edward Oakes; Jozé Francisco d'Oliveira; Olyphant & Co.; William Ormsby (Major, 50th Madras N.I.); M. O'Sullivan (of the 'Maria Natividad'); Lieutenant John Ouchterlony; Maria Antonia do Outeiro; Jose Maria do Outeiro; David Ovenstone (Captain and part-owner of the 'Falcon' and 'Lady Hayes').

A.A. Pacheco (solicitor); C.A. Pacheco; Francisco Jozé de Paiva (also Francisco Jozé de Payva); [ ] Parker; Ebenezer Francis Parker; Horatio W.W. Parker ; George Parkyns (of the 'Merope' and Chediston Hall, Suffolk); Edward Parry (Captain of the 'Hercules'); Juan Pastor Sevilla (of Pastor y Saco); Agnes Paterson; William Paterson (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); C. Pattenson (H.C.S. 'William Fairlie'); Mrs Ignacia Vincencia de Payva; Payva, Viuva & Filhos; Enrique W. Pearce; Dr Alexander Pearson; James Pearson (of the 'Lady of the Lake'); John A. Peart (Captain of the 'Britannia'); Manuel Pegado; Camilo Peña; Alexander Perceval; Antonio Pereira; Antonio Manoel Pereira; B.A. Pereira; L. Antonio J. Pereira (brother of B.A. Pereira); Manoel Pereira; Manoel Pereira (Consul-General of Portugal at Hong Kong); Manoel Felis Pereira; Vincente José Pereira; Maria Anna Francisca Pereira da Silva; Revd Joze Joaquin Pereira e Miranda; Francisco Antonio Pereira da Silveira (notary); Joaquim Peres da Silva & Co.; Matthew Calbraith Perry; Pestonjee Ruttonjee (shroff, 'Earl of Clare'); N.G. Peter; Peter & Ebell; J. Pinel (Captain of the 'Tiptree'); Jose Maria Pinto; Hugh Lyon Playfair; R. Pollard (of the 'Queen'); Jesse F. Potter (of the 'Caprice'); Henry Pottinger; Miguel Pozueta; Thomas Prentice; John C. Presley; Thomas Preston ('Hong Kong Times'); B. Prynn (Captain of the 'Livingston'); John Purvis; John Purvis & Co.

Floriano Antonio Rangel (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Samuel Birge Rawle; William Ray; C.R. Read; Reiss & Co.; A.F. dos Remedios; João Joaquim dos Remedios; Joze Candido dos Remedios; M.A. dos Remedios; Remington, Crawford & Co.; Gregorio Jose Ribeiro (Secretary to the Governor of Macao; Colonial Secretary, Macao); Joaquim V. Ribeiro; José Ribeiro; John Rickett (Captain of the 'Austin'; Secretary of the Hong Kong Club; and surveyor, Canton Insurance Office); William Riddoch (of the 'William Mitchell'); Jose Maria del Rio; Oliver Everett Roberts (Wetmore & Co.; U.S. Commissioner of Claims in China); [ ] Robertson; Alexander Robertson; Patrick Francis Robertson; Henry Robinet; William M. Robinet; George Best Robinson; Thomas Robson; Vicente Caetano da Rocha Jnr.; A.A. de Rocha (purser of the 'Canton' and 'Lily'); Vicente Caetano da Rocha; James H. Rodgers; Thomas Maitland Rodney (Royal Naval Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Blenheim'); J. Rodrigues; João Miguel da Rosa; F.C. Roundy; Emigdio Jozé do Rozario; Esmerelda A. d'Rozario; George Rundle (Captain of the 'Lady Grant'); S.D. Russell; Russell & Co.; Russell & Sturgis; D. & M. Rustomjee & Co.; James Ryan.

J. de Sá; J.E. De Sá; Gabriel Saco; Pedro de Sagarzurieta; Bernardo Duarte dos Santos; João Jozé dos Santos; Primo dos Santos; Januário Agostinho de Almeida, Barão de São José de Porto Alegre; John Scarth; Franz Sebastian Schütze (of Margesson & Co.); Revd W.H. Schwabe; Thomas Scott (for John Purvis); Mrs Seabra; Francisco Antonio Seabra (of Macao); Bernardino de Sena Fernandes; F.P. Senna; Alexander Shank (T. Beale & Co., China); John Shillaber; Caetano Vicente Jozé da Silva; Francisco Antonio da Silva; J.M. da Silva; Januario Agostinho da Silva; Luiz E. da Silva; M.F. da Silva; Antonio Gularte da Silveira; Adrião Accacio da Silveira Pinto; W. de Silver; John Silverlock; P. Simmons; Jayme Simo (of the 'Virginia'); S.P. Simoes; James Sindry; Henry Skinner (of Macao and Honolulu); A.T. Smith; George Mackrill Smith; James Adam Smith; James Read Smith (of Russell & Co.); John Smith (fl. 1841-1844); Thomas Charles Smith (East India Co.); W. Smith (of the 'Helen' and 'Soobron'); Captain W. Soames; D.V. Soares; Soomer Jaffir; Joseph T. Soule (Captain of the 'Uncle Toby'); Camillo Lelis Souza; M. d'Souza (Schwemann & Co.; in Macao, 1840); Joaquim de Souza; Joaquim de Souza Jnr; L. de Souza; Miguel & Felippe N. de Souza; Charles Spottiswoode; Gabriel Jozé Steyn; George Sturgis; James Perkins Sturgis; Josiah Sturgis; Robert Shaw Sturgis; William Symington (Captain of the 'Northfleet').

Antonio Francisco Tavares; John Templeton; Josiah Thomas; M. Thibaud (Captain of the 'Trident'); Robert Thom; V.C. Thomas (of the French frigate 'Virginie'; S. Commissaire de la Division Navale de la Reunion et de l'Indo-Chine); Thomas & Mercer; A. Thompson (Captain, barque 'Competitor'); P.P. Thoms; James Thomson (Captain of the 'Troughton'); William Thomson (Chief Officer, 'Mary Catherine'); Henry B. Thornton (Captain of the 'Queen of India'); Tingqua Jnr; Captain Tonks; Turner & Co.

J.G. Ullman (Magniac & Co.); Roza Maria Ullman; Union Insurance Society of Canton; John Henry Upshur.

Seraphin Van Caneghem; J.P. Van Loffelt; Warner Varnham (of the 'Alabama'); Albert E. Vaucher; Cuthbert Vaux (Captain of the 'Havering'); Joaquim Jozé Ferreira Veiga; F. Velez; M.B. Venkata Reddi Nandu & Co.; Joaquim Garcia Viana; Felippe Vieira; Vincente P. Volong; Michael Vowell (Captain of the 'Chanticleer' and the 'Kelso').

J. Handy Wade (Captain, Customs cruiser 'Chien Juy'); John Walcott (of the 'Ruparell'); John Walker (of the 'Don Manoel' and 'Black Joke'); T.B. Watson; C.F. Weber (Balguerie & Co., Bordeaux); Robert Webster; William Shepard Wetmore; Edward Whittall; James Whittall; William White; John Whittle (of the 'Bellissima'); Richard Wigzell (Captain, barque 'Bankside'; later at Sunderland); B. Wilcocks; J.S. Wilcocks; Peter Wildridge (of the 'Runnymede'); Samuel Wells Williams; David Wilson (of the 'Hercules'); J.A. Wilson (of S.S. 'Spark'); J.L. Wilson (Captain of the 'Carron'); William Wilson (Captain of the 'Alfred the Great' and 'Anglia'); Charles E. Wise (Captain of the 'Spirit of the North'); Richard Woosnam; Henry Wright (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.).

Joaquin Ybar; Peter Young (surgeon); Francis Xavier Joseph de Yrisarri; Gabriel de Yruretagoyena (G. Goyena).

J.H. Zobel.