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Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Tientsin, 1929-1936

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/71

Scope and Contents

Semi-official letters nos 121-269 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith and J.J. Paterson to J.C. Taylor, with enclosed letters and papers.

The file includes the following subjects (among others):

A: Annual accounts.

B: Beer; Blumenthal.

C: Carpets; Chinese Government railway debts; E.B. Clarke (staff); coal.

D: Dogskins.

F: Flour; furs.

G: Goatskins.

H: Herzic & Hart Inc.

I: Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd - claims for damage at Changsha, 1930; insurance.

J: P.S. Jameson (staff).

L: Lloyd Belge Steamers.

S: Staff; strawbraid.

W: Wool; wool scouring plant.

The folder is labelled 'Ports. To Tientsin. General'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929-1936

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & 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_permission_form.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 to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder)

1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The original binding was damaged and has been replaced with treasury tags.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, October 2010.

Related Materials

J1/30/7, J1/31, J1/114 and J1/143/1 contain other letters from this series.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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