Copies of correspondence (including telegrams) between Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Jardine Henderson Ltd, Calcutta (mainly between London and Hong Kong); correspondence between Matheson & Co. Ltd and other correspondents; and related papers, including Administrative Directives Nos 1 and 2 of the Shipping Department, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, by M.A.R. Herries, 1 January 1962 and 25 July 1962, including appendices. Much of the material concerns Alan Reid's 'Report on the Management Organisation, Financial position and Operations of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd'. The file includes a copy of the report, 23 May 1962, 18 pages and appendices; a supplementary report on a visit to Japan and Australia, Hong Kong, 16 June 1962; and notes on the report of 23 May by H.D.M. Barton, 3 June 1962.

Loose inside the file is a folder labelled 'Management Selection Limited. Correspondence to be kept in Indo-China P. & C. Staff Re-organisation File' containing papers regarding the appointment of a new assistant manager for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, July 1962, comprised of correspondence between Matheson & Co. Ltd and Management Selection Ltd, London, and related papers, including two booklets of material about the services of Management Section Ltd.

The ring-binder is labelled 'Indo-China S.N. Co., Ltd. P. & C. - Policy and Staff File I'.