Semi-official letters nos 1-139 from I.F. Aucott, M.A.R. Herries, G.M.R. Pearson, R. Shoppee and H. Sidbury to S.R. Hawke, 8 January-31 December 1964, with enclosed letters and papers. There are also unnumbered semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo of 12 February 1964, 6 April 1964, 27 April 1964, 12 May 1964, 22 May 1964, 1 June 1964, 2 June 1964, 19 June 1964, 24 June 1964, 15 July 1964, 21 July 1964, 24 July 1964, 15 August 1964 (2 letters), 27 August 1964, 8 October 1964, 24 October 1964 and 31 December 1964.

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

A: Australia; Advertising; Aviation - British Aircraft Corporation Overseas Agents' Conference, 30 August-4 September 1964; 1964 Accounts; Profit and Loss Account Half Year Ended 30 June 1964; Agency Records.

B: B.P. (Far East) Ltd; British Commonwealth Film Corporation; British Trade Fair, Tokyo; C.R.E. Bowles; C.M.E. Brown; H.D.M. Barton.

C: Visit of Trade Ship 'Centaur'; Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd (Comalco); Crucible Steel Australia Pty Ltd; Correspondence; William Crosby (Holdings) Ltd - Development of Business to and from Australia; Chubb & Son's Lock & Safe Co. Ltd; F.A. Cates - Retirement; R.A.D. Cornwall.

E: English Electric Co./Meidensha; Messrs Ebauches S.A.

F: Sales Forecasts; Remittability - Japan; Japan Accounts, 1963; Bank Rate and Import Collateral; E. Field-Reid; Fertiliser for North Korea; Fertiliser Report.

G: General Strike, 17 April 1964.

H: Hulton Student Books Ltd.

I: Importation of Cosmetics, Perfumes and Soaps.

J: Jardine, Matheson & Co. - Histor Advertising Booklet; Jardine, Matheson & Co. - Minutes of Directors Meeting; Jardine Symbol; Japanese Liaison Facilities in London; Japan Engineering Consultants; P.E. Bangor-Jones.

K: Kreglinger (Australia) Pty Ltd; S.L. Keswick; K. Kurita, MacMillan Jardine (Japan) Ltd, Staff; R. Kambara; D.C. King.

L: R.I. Lund, George Grimble & Co. Ltd; Laporte Industries Ltd.

M: Meidensha; Mentri Besar of Brunei; G.J. McKenzie; MacMillan Jardine (Japan) Ltd - Sales Forecasts; MacMillan Jardine (Japan) Ltd - Staff; MacMillan Jardine Ltd.

N: National Distillers Agency - Saigon; New Zealand.

O: Olympic Games, 1964; Hotel Tokyo Otani; K. Ototsu's Visit to Vancouver; W.M. O'Byrne.

P: Photo-Me Studios Ltd; Prestige Ltd; Plessey International Ltd, Japan; Visit of G.R.B. Patterson.

Q: Questionnaire and Annual Report.

R: Questionnaire and Annual Report; Monthly Returns; Quarterly Returns of Goods and Services by Agencies.

S:

Staff - Staff Numbers; Provident Fund; Y. Urano - Osaka; Staff Sickness Insurance Policy S.S.I. 61; Home Staff Regulations; Chief Accountant, Japan; Staff Bonus; Entry Visas for Japan; H. Sueyoshi; Foreign Staff Salaries and Allowances; Staff Confidential Reports; Staff - Japan; Foreign Staff - Engineering Department; Foreign Staff - Accommodation; Cash Advances to Jardine Waugh Ltd Staff on Local Leave; Expatriate Staff.

Shipping - Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd - Power of Attorney; 'Reina del Mar'; Australia & New Zealand/Eastern Shipping Conference; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd - Conference Matters in London; Athel Line Ltd Agency for Japan.

Shulman Sunshine Inc.; Slazenger Agency; T.E. Studley, William Crosby (Holdings) Ltd, Visit to Hong Kong and Japan; H. Sidbury - Retirement.

T: Telephone & Electrical Industries Pty Ltd.

U: United Africa Co. (Timber) Ltd.

W: Wallace Bay Ltd/Jardine, Matheson & Co. Proposed Joint Venture in Japan; White Horse Distillers Ltd - Agency - South Korea; R.D. Wyatt.