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Semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong and Shanghai, 5 Jan. 1922-21 Dec. 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/2/14

Scope and Contents

Semi-official letters nos 200-238 from David Landale and L.N. Leefe, London, to D.G.M. Bernard, Hong Kong, 5 January-14 September 1922, and nos 239-252 from Landale and Leefe, London, to J.J. Paterson, Shanghai, 21 September-21 December 1922, with enclosed letters and papers.

There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:

A: Annual Accounts; Annual Accounts, 1920-1921; Annual Accounts, 1921-1922; Agreements - Buying; J.R. Allan; Accountants Chartered; Accounts for Year Ending 31/12/1921; Article 4; Article 19; Article 92; Association of British Chambers of Commerce; Ashton & Co.'s Consignment; Anglo Italian Silk Importers Co. and Anglo Ultramarine Trading Co.; Articles of Association.

B: A. Brooke Smith; J.W.C. Bonnar; Ian Beith; Mrs Beswick; Barrett's Son; C. Barraclough; B.D.F. Beith; C.W. Beswick; A.S.A. Bishop; J.E.H. Bibby; J.J. Bell-Irving; J. Barr; The Rt. Hon. W. Burdett-Coutts (deceased) - Estate; British & Chinese Corporation; Bankers' & Traders' Insurance Co.; Brokers - Exchange; Brooke, Bond & Co.; Beith Stevenson's Commission; Beith, Stevenson & Co.'s Piece Goods Shipments; British Trade Corporation; British East Africa Corporation Ltd; Birmingham Small Arms Ltd.

C: Compagnie General Française Pour Le Commerce & L'Industrie; China Produce Business with Messrs Chabrières, Morel et Cie; Canton-Hankow Railway; Chungking; China Sugar Refinery; Canton Insurance Office; Canton Insurance Office Ltd, & E.P.D.; Calcutta Line; Coal Contracts Through Dodwell & Co.; Coal Contracts; Coal Mines; Coal; Coal Contract, Admiralty; C.P.G.; 'Ceylon' Arbitration; Correspondence; Chabrières, Morel et Cie; Chinese Central Railways; Copper Braziers; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co. - Joint Account; S.S. 'Choyshang'; P. Chatagnon; F.W.G. Clark; W.B. Cornaby; J. Cockin; E.B. Clarke; P.A.H. Chambers; G.H. Chatham; New Coaster.

D: Major E. Distin Maddick, O.B.E.; J.G. Dickie; R.H. Davidson; G.F. Duddridge; Drafts by Matheson & Co. Ltd on Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Engineering Department, Peking; Deferred Ordinary Shareholding; Renewal of Drafts; Durant, Bevan & Co.; W. & C. Dunlop.

E: Engineering: Engineering Department; Engineering Accounts; Ewo Cotton Mills Ltd; Ellerman Line - Coal Contracts; Ewo Filature; Proposed Ewo Cold Storage Co. Ltd; Electric Motors & Boilers - China Sugar Refinery; Ellerman Line; Exports - Tientsin; Export Department - Tungchow Lamb Skins; English Electric Co. Ltd; Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co.; Exchange; Ellerman's Agency at Foochow.

F: J.F. Feely; G.P. Forster; Finance; Furness Withy Coal Contracts Japan; Firm's Shares in Name of L.N. Leefe; Firm's Signature; Firm's Capital; Fire in Hongkong; Firm's Meetings; W.D. Fiddes-Wilson; Fruit and Flavouring Essences; Filter Bag - China Sugar Refinery.

M: Alan Morfey; J. McCaig; H.W. Moon; J. McGuffog; A. McDonald; Estate of Edward May (deceased); C.R. Matheson; Matheson & Co. Ltd; Matheson's Commission on Engineering Business; Matheson's Commission on Buying; S.J.A. March.

N: R.M. Nash; New York; New York Agency; New York Accounts; Nobels Agency; New Ventures.

O: Ornstein Koppel Agency [Orenstein & Koppel]; Osaka Shosen Kaisha Opposition on Calcutta Line; Overhead Charges.

P: Colonel Pottinger; S.H. Peek; Perez Corporation & Co.; Prince Line; Private Office; Private Office Agreements; Power Fraction Finance Co.; Prince Line; Produce Department, China; Produce Department in London, China; P. & O. Agency, Hankow; Pacific Marine Insurance Corporation; Prince Line, Coal Contracts; Provident Fund Gold Investments; Memo. re Produce Business to the Continent; Private and Confidential Letters.

R: China Sugar Refinery; Raubs; A.W. Robson; W.W.G. Ross; A.J. Rae (Rea); E.U. Reid; Estate of the Late C.H. Ross; M.L. Railton; Railway Staff; Monthly Reports; Annual Reports; Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd.

S: Soochow Property; Singapore Property; Waste Silk Department, Yokohama; Silk Finance, Japan Raw; Silk Inspector, Waste; Silk, Waste; Silk Insurance; Strawbraid Finance; Strawbraid - Kobe; Strawbraid; T.G. Smeaton (deceased); Leo P.J. Smith; R. Sutherland; H.L.N. Snow; Sales of Shares; Seamen's Strike; Swatow; Swatow Typhoon; Shares in Public Companies; Shanghai-Nanking Railway; Silk - Japan; Shanghai Piece Goods; Shantung Coal Mine; Silver.

T: A.S.B. Tull; J.I. Telford; Tea; Tea Department; Copies of Telegrams; Telegraphic Transfers; Time Charters for the Borneo Run; Tientsin.

U: Union Insurance Society Ltd.

W: White, Tomkins & Courage; Wools for Brown, Shipley & Co.; Washington Conference; War Memorial.

Dates

  • Creation: 5 Jan. 1922-21 Dec. 1922

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.

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Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

General

Former reference: J4/13

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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