Semi-official letters from offices and representatives of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. There are also some letters to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, and Jardine Matheson, Shanghai.

1. Original semi-official letters nos 793-822 from R.H. Malone, A.E. Smith and H.H. Tod. Jardine Matheson, Canton, to J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 9 January-31 December 1940, with enclosed monthly agency business reports. No. 811 encloses the report on the agency's annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 1940.

2. A copy of a letter from F.Y. Shu, Asiatic Petroleum Co. (N.C.) Ltd, acting for Jardine Matheson, Changsha, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 3 December 1940.

3. Original semi-official letters from B.M. Barry, Barry & Dodwell Ltd, Chungking, to D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 30 January-3 September 1940.

4: Original semi-official letters nos 409-425 from N.G. Hammond and M.J. Henderson, Jardine Matheson, Foochow, to D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 3 January-23 December 1940.

5. Original semi-official letters nos 1-25 from J.F. Feely and A.E.B. Lamble, Jardine Matheson, Haiphong, to D.F. Landale and (mainly) J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 13 February-14 October 1940.

6. Original semi-official letters nos 1-9 from L.G. Frost, Jardine Matheson, Ichang, to D.F. Landale and (mainly) J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 4 January-27 April 1940. No. 6 encloses a report by Frost on the working of the agency for the period 1 January- 31 March 1940, dated 18 April 1940.

7. Original semi-official letters nos 179-193 from G.H. Gompertz and (mainly) A. McDonald, Jardine Matheson, Kobe, to D.F. Landale and (mainly) J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 15 January-14 December 1940. Most of the letters are covering letters to enclosed agency monthly business reports.

8. Original semi-official letters nos 42-65 from A. Urquhart, Jardine Matheson, Kunming, to D.F. Landale and (mainly) J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 29 January-25 December 1940. No. 51 is a copy, and includes a pencil note recording that the original letter was never received.

9. A copy of an unsigned semi-official letter from Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 10 April 1940 (sent to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong).

10. Copies of two unnumbered semi-official letters from A. Davidson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, to W.J. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, 21 October-2 November 1940.

11. Original semi-official letters from J.F. Feely, Jardine Matheson, Rangoon, to Hong Kong: an unnumbered letter to D.F. Landale, 29 March 1940, and nos 2-4 to J.J. Paterson, 14 April 1940, 26 April 1940 and 3 May 1940. There are also two copies of a 'Report on Trip from Kunming to Lashio by Road. 10th to 17th March, 1940' by J. Feely, dated Mandalay, 20 March 1940.

12. Original semi-official letters nos 408-433 from E.L. McDougall and H.H. Tod, Jardine Matheson, Swatow, to D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 3 January-18 December 1940, with enclosed monthly statements of the Compradore's securities and liabilities. No. 422 reports on the annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 1940, and encloses a comparative statement of the profit and loss account and a balance sheet.

13. Original semi-official letters nos 15-30 from B.E. Bolton, C. Griffin and A.B. Stafford, Jardine Matheson, Taipei, to D.F. Landale and (mainly) J.J. Paterson, Hong Kong, 16 March-28 December 1940. Nos 15-20 are addressed from Taihoku. There are also three letters from Clarence Griffin to J.J. Paterson numbered 1-G, 2-G and 3-G, 7 September 1940, 17 September 1940 and 3 October 1940.

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

1. Canton: annual accounts; Blunt-Okazaki Agreement; Chinese Seamen's Union; coaster to Canton; Ewo Beer; Ewo Mills goods; imports; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; Kowloon-Canton Railway; Patons & Baldwins wools; Pearl River; Shameen; staff; W.H. Ting.

2. Changsha: correspondence with Jardine Matheson, Changsha, c/o Asiatic Petroleum Co. (N.C.) Ltd.

3. Chungking: blankets; grey sheetings; the war.

4. Foochow: annual accounts; Compradore; H.B.M. Consul; launch crew - 'Haitung'; political situation; A.M. Scott-Morris, decd (staff); staff; the war.

5. Haiphong: Chun Ho; German goods; political situation; tank trunks for the Chinese Post Office; the war.

6. Ichang: funds; S.W. Moon (staff).

7. Kobe: Canadian Pacific Railway; staff.

8. Kunming: barter - salt/China produce; D. Bern & Co.; Burma Road; Central Agency Ltd; China Syndicate; Chun Ho; communications; evacuation; Ewo Mills; exports; Haiphong; imports; Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd; minerals; parachute fabric; political situation; Rangoon; shipping; Steel Brothers & Co.; transportation; Z.Z. Tsang & Co.; the war; wood oil.

9. New York: Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd - structural steel for transit shed.

10. New York: finance; Japanese importers.

11. Rangoon: Bhamo; Chun Ho; J.F. Feely (staff); Steel Brothers & Co.; trial shipment of 10 bales yarn; visit of D.F. Landale.

12. Swatow: annual accounts; E.L. McDougall (staff); Patons & Baldwins - woollen yarn; political situation; quarantine; rice; sabotage; staff; Chinese staff; godown staff; typhoon damage.

13. Taipei: Anglo-American Direct Trading Co.; sale of Back Bund Lot; property; staff.