Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to agencies and representatives of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, with enclosed letters and papers. There is also a set of copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai to Jardine Matheson, New York.

1. Nos 564-586 and 589-595 from D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to R.H. Malone and A.E. Smith, Jardine Matheson, Canton, 3 January-23 December 1940. A note records that nos 587 and 588 were not used in error.

2. Nos 1-3 from D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to G.S. Pontius, Yee Tsoong Tobacco Co., Changsha, 6 March-25 September 1940.

3. Nos 30-44 from D.F. Landale, D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to B.M. Barry, Barry & Dodwell Ltd, Chungking, 18 January-16 November 1940.

4. East Africa letters: no. 1 from J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to E.W. Bovill, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 15 May 1940, and no. 2 from J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to D. Kemp, Jardine, Matheson & Co. (East Africa) Ltd, Nairobi, 27 August 1940.

5. Nos 329-346 from D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to M.J. Henderson and N.G. Hammond, Jardine Matheson, Foochow, 3 January-16 December 1940.

6. Nos 1-25 from D.F. Landale, D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to J.F. Feely and A.E. Lamble, Jardine Matheson, Haiphong, 7 February-17 September 1940. No. 2 is addressed to A.E. Lamble c/o Rizeries Indochinoises, Haiphong; no. 3 is addressed to Lamble at La Société Commerciale Française de L'Indo Chine.

7. Nos 14-21 from D.F. Landale, D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to L.G. Frost, Jardine Matheson, Ichang, 2 January-8 May 1940.

8. Letters nos 128-133 from J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to A. McDonald, Jardine Matheson, Kobe, 9 March-23 December 1940.

9. Nos 49-56 and 58-96 from D.F. Landale, D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to A. Urquhart, Jardine Matheson, Kunming, 18 January-30 December 1940. No. 57 was cancelled.

10. Nos 1-23 from D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong to A.L. Davidson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, 16 January-23 December 1940.

11. Nos 107-147 from W.J. Keswick and F.A. Pollock, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to A.L. Davidson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, 8 January-31 December 1940.

12. Nos 1-4 from J.J. Paterson and D.L. Newbigging, Hong Kong, to J.F. Feely, Rangoon, 9 April-10 May 1940. Some letters are addressed to Feely c/o Steel Brothers Ltd.

13. Nos 359-384 from D.F. Landale, D.L. Newbigging and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to E.L. McDougall and H.H. Tod, Jardine Matheson, Swatow, 3 January-17 December 1940.

14. Nos 32-46 from D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, to B.E. Bolton, C. Griffin and A.B. Stafford, Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Taiwan) Ltd, Taipei, 13 January-24 December 1940.

There is no index, but the correspondence includes the following subjects (among others):

1. Canton: annual accounts; C.S.U.; grey sheetings; passages - staff rates; Patons & Baldwins wools; Pearl River; staff.

2. Changsha: antimony of National Resources Commission in firm's godown; Tu Lee Ming (staff).

3. Chungking: blankets; Ewo Mills; grey sheetings; visit of D.F. Landale; General Wang.

4. East Africa: Antamok; sisal; tea.

5. Foochow: annual accounts; F.A. Gomes (staff); launch crew - 'Haitung'; Patons & Baldwins; A.M. Scott-Morris, decd (staff); staff.

6. Haiphong: T.H. Chen (staff); Kunming transit cargo; political situation; A. Urquhart (staff); wood oil in bulk.

7. Ichang: funds; S.W. Moon (staff); wireless parts.

8. Kobe: Kobe Agency.

9. Kunming: annual accounts; communications; D. Bern & Co.; Burma Road; Central Agency; China Syndicate; Chun Ho; Dunlop; exports; mills business; Ewo Mills; parachute fabric; politics; Rangoon; silk; Steel Brothers & Co.; W.H. Ting; transportation; wood oil; wool.

10. New York: Anglo-American Direct Tea Trading Co.; G.D. McNair; tea.

11. New York: Brewmaster; bristles business - finance; Chestnutt, Cooper & Co.; finance; Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd; ocean shipping agencies; silk; tea; Waterman Steamship Corporation.

12. Rangoon: Barry & Dodwell; J.F. Feely (staff).

13. Swatow: annual accounts; Chinese staff; godown staff; B.L. McDougall (staff); Patons & Baldwins; political situation; the war; Yew Ah Kow (Compradore).

14. Taipei: Anglo-American Direct Tea Trading Co.; sale of Bank Bund Lot; property; staff; tea.