Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Kobe and Yokohama, with enclosed letters and papers:

1. Nos 5-39 and 41-55 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, R.E. Coxon, W.J. Keswick and J.J. Paterson to R.G. Bell and H.F. Scudamore, Yokohama, 12 April 1929-2 August 1934.

2. Nos 1-16, 18-49, 51-65, 68-76, 78, 80-82, 84 and 87-89 from B.D.F. Beith, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick and F.A. Pollock to O.V. Lanning and A. McDonald, Kobe, 19 October 1934-7 January 1940.

At the back of the file are extracts of correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Yokohama, 9 March-18 April 1929, and copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Kobe and Yokohama to I. Matsuda, Superintendent, Yokohama Revenue Office, 18 July 1927, 2 September 1927, 27 March 1929 and 10 April 1929, with enclosures. Loose inside the file is a plan of lots nos 21-23, Yamashita-cho, Yokohama (property of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd), labelled as an enclosure to Yokohama property letter no. P.23 of 31 May 1929.

The file includes the following subjects (among others):

B: Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd; beer and ale; A. Brunner (staff).

C: P. Chatagnon (staff); D.W.J. Clark (staff).

F: Finance; funds.

G: F. Gandossi (staff) - departure from the firm.

J: Japanese hardwood; Japanese plywood.

M: A. McDonald (staff).

O: Ocean shipping agencies; T. Ozawa (staff).

R: Reardon Smith Line.

S: Silk; raw silk; waste silk; staff; strawbraid.

T: Timber ex 'Benlawers' and 'Asbjorn'; Tsingtao cold store.

The ring-binder is labelled 'Ports. To Japan from Shanghai. General'.