Semi-official letters nos 1729-2254 from J.H. Keswick and W.J. Keswick to J.J. Paterson, with enclosed letters and papers.

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

A: Agency Profit & Loss Accounts; Agency Commission; Accounting Fee for Constituents; Advances to Evacuees; Annual Accounts; Air Services; Aviation; Aircraft (China) Ltd; Armaments; Advertising; Anton; Antamoks; I.G. Allison.

B: B.M. Bateman; J. Borland; I.D. Bruce; R. Bryson; E.H. Brazel; B.D.F. Beith; B.E. Bolton; H.D.M. Barton; Barry & Dodwell; British & Chinese Corporation - Sir S. Barton, General, Representation, Boxer Indemnity Funds; Brewery - Quality, Union, Price, Accounts, General, Advertising; Barter.

C: G.J.P. Carey; W.B. Cornaby; R. Corbett; R.E. Coxon; Percy Chen; Cantopher; Miss Cuthbertson; G.P. Charlton; Chambers Wharf; China Postal Atlas; Chinese Discrimination (Shipping); China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; Commission to Agents, Hankow; China Vegetable Oil Corporation; Commission - Shipping Office; Correspondence; Chungking - Finance; Chungking - Proby to go to; Codes; Customs - Swatow.

D: Interport Duty; Diary of J.H. Keswick; Douglas Line; A. Davidson; W.S. Dupree.

E: Ehrhardt; Mrs Estrada; Ewo Mills - General, New Issue, Staff, Finance; Ewo Filature; Ewo Shares; Ewo Building, Shanghai; Ewo Cold Store; Export Credits; East Africa; Evacuation; Export Cargo; Explosives - Tsingtao.

F: Finance - General, Kobe, Remittances from Shanghai, General, Hankow; J. Feely; Fiddes-Wilson.

G: R. Geer; Gillett; C. Griffin; J.B. Gardiner; Gloucester Hotel; Glen Line; Groundnuts, Tel Aviv; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son.

H: N.W. Hickling; G. Horsey; Geo. Hill; R. Hancock; G.G.C. Harper; Miss Harrison; T. Hoey; Hongkong Finance Co.; Hongkong & China Property Co.; Hungjao.

I:

Indo-China - New Tonnage; Old Tonnage; Tungwo; Hopsang; Vikens; Taksang; Fuhwo; Tingsang; Pingwo; Paowo; Loeta; Financing of Taksang; Working Account; Finance; Remittances; Funds; Guilds, re Pay; Guilds, re Engineers; Staff; Staff Passages; Senior Staff; Commission to Senior Staff; Bonus; Senior Shipping Staff, Calcutta; Floating Staff Ashore; Thermo Tank; Calcutta Line Competition; Tonnage Dues, Whampoa; Increased Rates; P. & O. Strike; Tientsin Lighterage; N.M.B. Pension Scheme; Foreign Flags, 1937/8; Yangtsze - War; Working of Wharves During War; Wireless; Tungchow; Freights; Wuhu Incident; Coal; Coast - War; Charter Trades; Native Freight & Passage Money; Mrs Mark Hull; Seamen's Union; Chinese Floating Staff; Chinese Shipping Office Staff; Chinese Cadets; Upper River; Middle River; River Pool; Grant & Lang; Strinz; Balch; General; Commission on New Tonnage; War Risk; Ichang; Imports Conference; Imports - Timber; India - New Companies Act.

Insurance - Fire on Property; British Interests in China; Legislation; Investments; Funds.

Imperial Airways; Imperial Chemical Industries; Ile aux Buissons; Interest on Current Accounts; Income Tax; Imperial Shipping Committee.

J:

Jardine Engineering Corporation - Lansdowne's Reports on Kwangsi & Canton; Hope Crittalls; Directorship for D.F. Landale; Power of Attorney for Frost; Annual Accounts; Flat at Canton; Agency Fee to Canton; Staff; Periodical Reports; Federated Malay States; A. Johnstone; Japan - Firm's Activities; Jardine, Skinner.

K: J.H. Keswick's Diary of War; J.H. Keswick; W.J. Keswick; King; H. Kadoorie; U. Kirk; Kendrew; Kwangsi Mining; Kwangtung Coal Mine.

L: D.F. Landale; H.H. Lennox; F.P. Lachlan; M.H. Lo; K. de C. Longmire; League of Nations; Lumber.

M: A.H. Merriles; P. Morrison; T.R. Macdonald; D. MacHaffie; A. McDonald; C.L. Matthew; R.J. McNicol; W.W. Mackenzie; Mining Projects in Kwangtung; Mills Department Staff; Samuel Montagu; Mackenzie & Co.; Managing Agents.

N: F.A. Norton; D.L. Newbigging; New York Overheads; New York Cash Position.

O: J.F. Owen; Olivier's Press Packing Plant; Overcarried Cargo, Japan.

P: F.A. Pollock; Colonel Preston; J.J. Paterson; G. Puncheon; Peake; P. Proby; Chinese Provident Fund; Produce - Tientsin; Political; Power of Attorney - Fiddes-Wilson; Produce - China; Patons & Baldwins; Property - Fire Insurance; Property in Eastern & Northern District; Property in Pootung; Political Telegrams; Photographs; Press Reports, Kobe.

R:

Railways - Canton-Meihsien; King Kan; Canton-Kowloon; Canton-Kowloon Street; Canton-Kowloon Loan Service; Loop Line; Ministry of Railways (Shanghai Cargo in Hong Kong); Nangking-Shanghai Railway & Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway; Overcarried Cargo, Japan.

E.F. Ratti; W.B. Rigden; A. Reid; Captain Rushbrooke; Remittances; Chinese Refugees; Registration; Rigden's Report on River.

S: Shanghai Land Investment; Shanghai Hong List; Shanghai Factories; Shanghai Cargo; Shanghai Municipal Council; Sulphate of Ammonia; Securities; Shipping Generally; Claud Scott; T.J. Smith; A. Street; R.P.J. Stewart; A.M. Scott-Morris; Skyrme; A.B. Stafford; J.L. Simmons; Swenarton; Gavin B. Stewart; Stockley (Foochow); Sackville-West; Sabelstrom; W.E.D. Smith.

Staff - Book Offices; Sterling Salaries; Movements; Shipping; Private Office; Wuhu & Kiukiang Agencies; Chungking; Glen; Home Leave, 1938; Taipei; Singapore Hotel; Silk - Trudel; Silk.

T: P. Tod; S.M. Thornley; H.H. Tod; C.T. Tod; Miss Thomas; Tinplates; Telegrams - London; Typhoon; Tsingtao; Tea - Canton-Foochow, Canton, Correspondence, N.T.T.C., Mint Warehouse Rebate; Things in General.

W: Wood Oil; Wood Oil - Installation, Hankow Property; Whampoa Harbour; Whamphrey Investment Trust Co.; War Risk; Wharf Co., Shanghai; Wool, Patons & Baldwins; War; Wuhu & Chunking Agency; R.G. Willis; E.G. Woodford; L.J. Wood; H.B. Wilmer; P.E. Witham; F.W. Warrington; W.H .Way.

Y: Gerald Yorke; Gordon Yates.