The correspondents include Shearman Godfrey Bird (Acting Assistant Surveyor-General and member of Dodd & Co.); William Curtis ('Hong Kong Times'); E. William H. Dent; John Dodd; Dodd & Co.; E. Fisher (Dodd & Co.); James Greig; M. Larken; Alexander Morrison (Captain of the 'Banshee' and 'Adventure'); B.W. Nazer ('Hong Kong Times'); Henry Ramsey (Captain of the 'Matilda'); Alfred Roper (Captain of the 'Salamander'); Grant Scott; David Tyzack; Edward Vincent (of the 'Cora'); and Robert B. Williams (Captain of the S.S. 'Caldera').