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Semi-official correspondence between B.W.I. and London, 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/115/3

Scope and Contents

Copies of semi-official correspondence between Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Caribbean) Ltd, Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with related documents:

1. Letters nos 1-88 from G.J. Carey, Port of Spain, to H.D.M. Barton and (mainly) W.J. Keswick, London, 7 January-10 December 1956. There are also related documents, including press cuttings and a copy of an article from the 'Barbados Advocate' of 18 November 1956 on the West Indies shipping service, accompanied by a letter from G.J.P. Carey sent in response, 24 November 1956.

2. Letters nos 97-183 from W.J. Keswick (mainly), J.H. Keswick, Alan Reid and W.E.D. Smith, London, to G.J.P. Carey, Port of Spain, 3 January-27 December 1956. There are also related documents, including particulars of the French ship 'Lamartine', enclosed with letter no. 120 of 26 March 1956; particulars of the French ship 'Ville de Haiphong', enclosed with letter no. 125 of 10 April 1956; the draft report of the Directors of the West Indies Navigation Co. Ltd for the period ended 31 December 1955; memoranda of August and September 1956, enclosed with letter no. 169 of 21 September 1956, regarding the West Indies Navigation Co. Ltd, Trinidad/Tobago Service, West Indies Navigation Co. Ltd Constitution, etc., Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd 'West Indian' Charter, and Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s attitude to the future of WINCO.

Many of the letters relate to S.S. 'West Indian', including its call at Tobago on 6 September 1956; chief engineer; crew wages; engineers; finance; future operation and support; navigation officers; new tonnage; officers; F.L. Pears (second engineer); radio operations; repairs and annual docking; and revised scale of pay and allowances. The remaining subjects include airplanes; Aranjuez accounts; Athel Line; Australian Trade Commissioner; banks; Barbados; Barbados deep water harbour; Barbados elections; Prof. C.G. Beasley (death); L.W. Bell (late radio officer); K.D. Bennett (second officer); Bristol freighter; Sir John Buchanan-Jardine; Cable & Wireless; Colonial Development Corporation advances; Colonial Development Corporation quarterly report; charter hire; coastal steamer service; Commodity Service Co. (Jamaica) Ltd - rice; competition; W.A. Copeman (Norwich Union); crew wages; Miss J. de la Bastide; development in the Bahamas; M. Dorman; Eastern Caribbean Service; federal capital; federal officers; freight rates; General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; Albert Gomes; grapefruit; Grenada; A.C. Grieve; housing loans rush; imports from British Guiana; Inter-Colonial Freight Tariff Committee; inter-island shipping; Jamaica agents; Jamaica cash position; Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd in the West Indies; Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Caribbean) Ltd transfer of funds; Kingston, Jamaica; Lamson Kwok (Wing On Life Assurance Co.); land investment; L.J. Lismer; Captain L. McRae; Mr McLellan; Mariners Club; Mayer M. Matalon; Minister of Communications; J.S. Mordecai; M.T. 'Border Reiver'; new tonnage - 'Lamartine'; M.V. 'Canje Pheasant'; Nippon Yusen Kaisha through bills of lading to B.W.I. ports via Port of Spain; Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; parliamentary question on 'West Indian' service costs; portage bills and victualing vouchers; 'Port of Spain Gazette' editorial; publicity; Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; W.J. Raatgever (death); Regional Economic Committee; Regional Economic Committee meeting and shipping adviser; regional services; rice from British Guiana; rice shortage; R.N.H.W.; R.N.H.W. - E.A. Stockmann; R.N.H.W. - repairs to No. 6 Docksite, Port of Spain; publicity; Captain A. Reid - S.S. 'Precise'; Alan Reid; N.J. Rowlatt; San Juan drydocking bill; schooner M.V. 'Marcelle S'; Scottish Aviation Ltd demonstration film; Scottish Aviation Ltd Prestwick Pioneer and Twin Pioneer; Scottish Pioneer Aircraft; Seamen's Registration Committee; shipbuilding; shipbuilding for regional service; shipping adviser; Shipping Association; S.S. 'Eastern Argosy'; standards of safety at sea; Peter Stone; Stanley S. Stone (death); sugar industry strike; P.Y. Tang; tax on cargo; telegrams; Three Bays Line; Tobago Service; Trinidad & Tobago - survey of development; Trinidad Agencies; Trinidad Budget, 1957; Trinidad Chamber of Commerce; Trinidad elections; Trinidad Government; Trinidad Government financial aid; Trinidad rice; Trinidad/Tobago Service; Trinidad Waterfront; Vesteys; Vesteys cold storage; Vesteys in the Caribbean; 'Ville de Haiphong'; visit of Mr and Mrs John Keswick; voyage report and 1956 estimates; wharf shortage at Grand Turk; WINCO accounts and finances; WINCO annual subsidy and subsidy refund; WINCO Annual General Meeting; WINCO charter hire; WINCO employees on board; WINCO - future management; WINCO interim accounts to 30/6/56; WINCO - new tonnage; WINCO - summary of voyage results, 1955; WINCO taxation - Pioneer Industry Status; and WINCO voyage 13 - report and estimated result.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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