Copies of semi-official letters nos S.1-392, 5 November 1935-5 May 1938, and 393-499, 6 May 1938-5 April 1939, from D.G.M. Bernard and A.B. Stewart, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to J.H. Keswick and W.J. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers.

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

A: Arnhold & Co. Ltd; Asiatic Trading Corporation; Albumen; Alliance Insurance; the late C.E. Anton; Estate of R. Mein Austin.

B: British & Chinese Corporation; Barlow Brothers; Brewery; A. Brooke Smith; D.G.M. Bernard; Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; Brooker, Dore & Co; S. Behr & Mathew & Co.; B.D.F. Beith; John Bell-Irving.

C: Continentale Produkten-Gesellschaft; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co.; China Association; Chambers Wharf & Cold Store; Correspondence; Chabrières et Cie; J.K. Chatham; G.H.A. Cantopher; Casablanca; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co.; Coding; China Trade Commission.

D: Miss Dunstan.

E: Ewo Cotton Mills; Exports; Export Credits; Ewo Cold Store; East Africa.

F: Finance.

G: Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son; Glen Line.

H: Hankow; Mr Horsey; Mrs Hickling; History of the Firm.

I/J: Jardine Engineering Corporation; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.; Imports; Imperial Airways; Insurance; Japan; International Export Co.; Jardine, Matheson & Co.

K: King-Kan Railway; J.J. Keswick Trust; John Keswick.

L: F.P. Lachlan; L.N. Leefe.

M: Morel-Journel et Cie; Matheson & Co.; General Macnaghten.

O: J.F. Owen.

P: Political; Produce; Phosphates; Personal; Pukow Cold Store; Political; Private Office; Provident Fund.

S: Shanghai Tramways; Staff; Shanghai, General; Shipping - General; Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway; Silk; Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf; Shanghai Land Co.; G.W. Sheppard; Shanghai Dockyards Ltd; the late Leo Smith; Shanghai-Nanking Railway; A.B. Stewart.

T: Tea; Tientsin; Tea Seed Oil; Timber (Millars' Timber & Trading Co.); Tientsin.

U: United Molasses Co.

W: Wood Oil; Otto Wolff; Wool Tops.