Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, New York, and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, with a few enclosed letters and papers:

1. Nos 69-140 from B.D.F. Beith and J.J. Paterson to H.F. Scudamore and E.T. Seward, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, 26 February 1929-10 June 1932.

2. Nos 1-7 from J.J. Paterson to A. Davidson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, 13 October 1932-12 February 1934.

3. Two unnumbered letters from (respectively) D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson to A. Davidson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, 16 May 1938 and 13 December 1938.

4. Nos 1, 29 April 1939, and 1-39 and 41-47, 16 January 1940-3 December 1941, from D.F. Landale and J.J. Paterson to A. Davidson and C.E. Thompson, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd.

Loose inside the file is an unsigned letter from London to D.G.M. Bernard and David Landale, 23 June 1927, reporting on a visit to Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s New York agency.

There are two indexes at the beginning of the ring-binder. The first index is attached inside the front cover, and has the following entries:

A/B/C/D: G.S. Aveyard; American Raw Silk Co.; Blumenthal; Canton Silk; Carpets.

E/F/G/H: Eastern Trading Co., Tientsin; Formosa Tea; Furs & Wool; Floor Coverings; General.

I/J/K/L: J. Keswick; L.J. Lacey.

M/N/O/P: Office Accommodation; Political; H.K. Peters.

Q/R/S/T/U: Strawbraid; Silk; Scudamore; Tea; Tientsin.

V/W/X/Y/Z: Wool; Wood Oil.

The second index precedes the letters and has only three entries: Correspondence, Finance and Tea.

The ring-binder is labelled 'Ports. Hong Kong to New York. General'.