The correspondents include William George Aston; Harry Macdonald Becher; A. Brodie Clark (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Captain John Graham; William H. Gubbins (Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Kim Hung 'Jip (Acting President, Foreign Office, Korea); President of Foreign Office, Korea; Mi Yong Mok; Paul Georg von Möllendorff (Vice-President of Korean Foreign Office); James Morrison (Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers); William Paterson (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); and F.A. Velschow.