Copies and extracts of correspondence between Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, regarding the Canton Insurance Office Ltd, including some material on the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. The correspondents include B.D.F. Beith, Hong Kong, London and Shanghai, D.G.M. Bernard, London, W.J. Keswick, Shanghai, David Landale, London, D.F. Landale, Hong Kong, J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, and A.B. Stewart, London.

There are also related letters (including a few original letters to Matheson & Co. Ltd), including correspondence between B.D.F. Beith and J.F. Owen, Matheson & Co. Ltd (Agents, Canton Insurance Office Ltd), and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, Jardine, Skinner & Co. (Agents, Canton Insurance Office Ltd and Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd), Calcutta, George King & Co. Ltd, Sydney, K.A. Mason, Sydney, A.G. Rainey, Sevenoaks, Kent, Louis Rosenthal Agency (Agents, Canton Insurance Office Ltd), San Francisco, Whittall & Co., Colombo, and others.

The file also contains many related papers, including the following documents:

1. A table of the earnings and expenses of Matheson & Co. Ltd's Insurance Department for 1923-1928.

2. Minutes of the Fifty-second Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd on 25 May 1933.

3. Minutes of a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd in Hong Kong on 20 November 1943.

4. Lists of securities of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd held at 30 June 1934 and 31 January 1938.

5. Lists of securities of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd held at 31 January 1938.

6. A memorandum of actions taken by Matheson & Co. Ltd with regard to the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd and Canton Insurance Office Ltd for the period 7 December 1941 to 30 June 1942.

7. A memorandum of activities of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd and Canton Insurance Office Ltd for the period 1 July 1942 to 31 March 1944.

There is also a separate set of papers, including a table of earnings and expenses of the Insurance Department of Matheson & Co. Ltd, 1923-1928; a table of the estimated expenses of the Insurance Department for 1930; and the London Working Account of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd for 1 January 1932 to 31 December 1935, dated Hong Kong, 21 September 1936.

The folder is labelled on the front cover 'London/Shanghai/Hongkong. Companies - Associated Canton Insurance Office Ltd'.