Semi-official letters re Sir R.W.B. Jardine's estate, 30 Jan. 1927-8 Mar. 1929
Scope and Contents
The ring-binder contains a selection of original semi-official letters from B.D.F. Beith and D.G.M. Bernard, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to D.F. Landale, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, regarding the Far Eastern estate of Sir R.W.B. Jardine. There are also enclosed letters and papers, including a statement of the approximate position of Sir R.W.B. Jardine's affairs as at 30 January 1927, dated Hong Kong, 14 February 1927; accounts current of Sir R.W.B. Jardine with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 January 1927 and 30 April 1927; a valuation of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's shares, enclosed with letter no. 775 from Bernard to Landale, 10 August 1927; a statement of the position of Jardine's affairs as at 30 January 1927, dated Hong Kong, 19 August 1927; and a list of Jardine's properties and their valuations, 5 March 1928. The ring-binder is labelled 'Estate. Sir R.W.B. Jardine Bt. S.O. Letters from China'.
There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder listing the letters and their subjects:
731/1. J.W.B. Jardine Trust Preferred Ordinary Shares
732/2. Statement of Properties, Shares, Debts, etc.
734/3. Property
736/4. Property - Hankow & Yokohama
740/5. Remittance; East Point Mortgage
742/6. Duty on Preference Shares donated to Sir John
744/7. Preference Shares
751/8. Rate of Exchange, Valuation of Estate, etc.
754/9. Rate of Exchange
756/10. Rate of Exchange; Property
760/11. Valuation of Shares
763/12. Interest on Duty
765/13. Documents & Duties
770/14. Valuations Founders & Preference Shares; Payment of Duty
775/15. Payments a/c Duty; Hong Kong Property; Shares in Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, etc.
779/16. Valuation of Estate
785/17. (Interest on Duty) Yokohama Property; Payment Duties
790/18. Fortnightly Remittances
793/19. Raising Funds for Duties
801/20. Properties
807/21. Estate Documents
810/22. Power of Attorney
818/23. Firm's Balance Sheets
821/24. Firm's Balance Sheets
826/25. Estate Duty Commissioner's Powers
831/26. Valuation of Shares
834/27. Payment of Duties
835/28. Founders Shares' Value; Yokohama Property
839/29. Final Assessment
840/30. Sale of Yokohama Property
845/31. Financing
850/32. Marine Lot 365; Hong Kong Estate Duty
855/33. Payment of Estate Duty
862/34. Remuneration for Services rendered
870/35. Commission on Sales of Property
873/36. Estate of late Sir R.W.B. Jardine - Accounts
879/37. Duty Paid Certificate
884/38. Sir John's Remittances; Stewardson's Commission
895/39. Commission on Sale of Properties
900/40. Statement of Deductions - Hong Kong Duty
907/41. Ewo Terrace - Stewardson & Spence and Duty Refund
Dates
- Creation: 30 Jan. 1927-8 Mar. 1929
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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 file(s) (1 ring-binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, October 2010.
Repository Details
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