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Semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong, 1 Jan. 1926-16 Dec. 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/2/20

Scope and Contents

Semi-official letters nos 389-438 from David Landale and L.N. Leefe to D.G.M. Bernard, with enclosed letters and papers. There is an index at the beginning of the volume containing the following entries:

A: C.E. Anton; J.R. Allan; Annual Accounts; Annual Accounts, 1924/25; Acme Code; Anglo-Java Shares; America.

B: J. Borland; A. Brooke Smith; J.E.H. Bibby; F.H. Bugbird; Estate of the Late John Bell-Irving; Mrs J.J. Bell-Irving; Mrs Eva G. Bell-Irving; C.C. Boyd; G.H. Bowker; B.T.B. Boothby; Blue Funnel Line Agency; British & Chinese Corporation Ltd; Boycott, Canton.

C: A.E. Cooper; Major Cassel; Sir Paul Chater; Chartered Accountant; Canton Gazette; Coal; China Loan & Provident Company; China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd; Canton; China Produce; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co.; Constantinesco Torque Converter; Canton Insurance Office Ltd; China Association; China Committee; Correspondence.

D: W.S. Dupree; H.E.A. Davey; C.W. Dickson; Mrs Dunstan; R. Huntley Davidson; Deferred Ordinary Shares, 1926/27; Durant, Bevan & Co.

E: E.C. Emmett; Ewo Cotton Mill Ltd; Exchange; Exchange Settlements; Exchange Contracts; Egg Products; Electrified Egg; Liquid Egg; Exports to America.

F: W. Ford; T.S. Forrest (deceased); Findlay, Richardson & Co. Ltd; Firm's Signature; Finance; Finance in China; Francs.

G: F. Gandossi; R. Gordon; Ronald Grieve; F.W. Gotch; W.J. Gresson; Ginger; Glen Line; Glazebrook Steel & Co. Ltd; Goatskins.

H: Mrs Hartford; J. Helbling; D.G. Hodgson; Hongkong Harbour Development; Horace Hickling & Co.; Hongkong Hotel; Hongkong Telephone Co.; Hongkong Land Investment Co.; Hongkong Exports; Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd; Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co.; Hongkong Chamber of Commerce.

I:

Import Office Finance; Imperial Shipping Committee; Insurance Juniors; Credit Insurance; International Petroleum Shares

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd - S.S. 'Tungshing'; Monthly Working Account; Floating Staff Pay; Funds; Staff; Shipping Liquidation Account; London Advances; Upper Yangtsze; Yangtsze Pool.

J: G.M. Jameson; John Johnstone; P.S. Jameson; E.A. Jenkinson; Sir R.W.B. Jardine's Accounts; Sir R.W.B. Jardine; J.W.B. Jardine; Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd; Japanese Government 4% Loan, 1905.

K: Raymond Kent; W.J. Keswick; Major Henry Keswick; W.L. Ken; J.J. Keswick Trust; Mrs J.J. Keswick; Kobe; Kobe Monthly Reports.

L: O.V. Lanning; L.N. Leefe; Miles Lampson, C.M.G., M.V.O.; F.P. Lachlan's Visit; D. Landale's Account; Letters of Introduction; Lloyd's Triestino Line Agency; Logan, Reynolds & Faber.

M: P. Morrison; A.P. MacEwen Trust; Neil MacIntyre; G.E.R. Mayell; J.A. Mullard; Maitland-Ormrod Trust; Matheson & Co. Ltd; Matheson & Co. Ltd - Accounts; Matheson & Co. Ltd - Commission Account; Myself.

N: D.L. Newbigging.

P: E.C. Peters; S.H. Peek; R.S. Piercy; F.A. Pollock; T.U. Parkinson; Provident Fund - Gold Investments; Peking Daily News; Peking-Mukden Railway - Purchasing Agency; Proxies; Portraits; Political.

Q: Quicksilver.

R: A.J. Rea; Andrew Ross; Estate of the Late C.H. Ross; Remittances of £10,500; Rawang Tin Mining Concession.

S: W.E. Smith; J.L. Simmons; Leo Smith; A.M. Scott-Morris; A.E. Smith; Steamers Agency; Sandalwood; Silver; Star Ferry Co. Ltd; Shanghai-Nanking Railway; Shanghai-Nanking Railway - Title Deeds; Staff; Share Values; Singapore Floating Dock; Silk; Silk Finance; Silk - New York; Silk Department, Yokohama; Sugar; Sugar Finance; Southborough Committee; Shanghai Police; Shanghai Piece Goods; Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.; Statements of Securities; General Strike.

T: J.I. Telford; A.E. Tottenham; Toledano Bros; Tientsin Export Department; Tientsin Stocks; Tientsin; Tientsin Wool Losses; Tea; Tea Finance; Indian and Ceylon Teas; Telegraph Code; My Telegram, 11th January 1926; Telegrams.

W: A.C. Wilcox; W.D. Fiddes-Wilson; J. Whittall & Co. Ltd; White Heather Wool; Wood Oil; Wool.

Y: Yangtszepoo Cotton Mill; Yangtsze Rapids Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

Dates

  • Creation: 1 Jan. 1926-16 Dec. 1926

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and 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_application_form_2024_02.pdf.

Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.

Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Fair condition, but the pages are partly detached from the spine.

General

Former reference: J4/18

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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