Semi-official correspondence between Tokyo and Hong Kong and London, 1955
Scope and Contents
Semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, and Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers:
TOKYO AND LONDON
1. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-58 from I.F. Aucott and E.F. Watts, Tokyo, to W.J. Keswick, London, 5 January-21 December 1955.
2. Copies of semi-official letters nos 583-645 from W.J. Keswick and W.E.D. Smith, London, to I.F. Aucott and E.F. Watts, Tokyo, 5 January-29 December 1955.
The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries:
London-Tokyo: I.F. Aucott; Correspondence; Colonel Curtis's Sword; A.E. Percival, C.B. (Board of Trade); Railtons' House; Egyptian Rice; Staff Movements Schedule.
Tokyo-London: Correspondence; re Correspondence; Lumber; Maritime Self Defence Force; Railtons' House; Egyptian Rice; Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd; Blocked Yen.
HONG KONG TO TOKYO
Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-198 from H.D.M. Barton, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick and E.F. Watts, Hong Kong, to I.F. Aucott and E.F. Watts, Tokyo, 4 January-20 December 1955. There are also unnumbered semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo, 14 July, 10 August, 26 August, 31 August, 14 October, 20 October, 22 November, 30 November, 3 December and 20 December, and a non-semi-official letter from Jardine Matheson, Hong Hong, to Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, 6 July 1955, regarding tea.
The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries:
A: Acoma Company; Ammonium Sulphate; Associated Merchandising Corporation; I.F. Aucott; 'Anatahan'; Aircraft Agencies - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd - Japan Air Lines; Aircraft Agencies - General; Aircraft Agencies - Scottish Aviation Ltd.; Atomic Energy Equipment; Hong Kong Airways Ltd.
B: B.W. Bloomfield; Miss M.A. Bentley; N.D. Booker; C. Barclay; T. Baty; H.D.M. Barton; G.H. Bygrave; N.J. Booker; C.L.C. Blott; British Commonwealth Film Corporation Ltd; British Petroleum Co. Ltd; British Overseas Airways Corporation.
C: Correspondence; Semi-official Correspondence; Canon Cameras; Canon Sales Co. Inc.; Comets; Coal - Hong Kong Coaling Agency; C.B. Campbell; Captain H.J. Cairns; Egyptian Cotton; Colonial Timber Co., Sarawak; Cantrade.
D: Roy Duncan; Major P.J. Diggle; Sir Esler Denning; Dyes.
F: A.B. Faure; D.R. Fraser; R. Frost; L.G. Frost; Flanagan; Future Agency Arrangements; Fabelta; Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd; Furniture.
G: D.P. Graham; R. Gordon; Geigy Dyes - Korea; Robert Gillespie (New Guinea) Ltd; Gollin & Co. Ltd.
H: J.B. Hawthorn; N.G. Hammond; S.R. Hawke; Hurley & Dewhurst; Heydemann; D.B. Hank & Co. Ltd; Hong Kong Summer Time; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building, Osaka; Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
I: Miss E.D.S. Ide; Iwai & Co. Ltd; International Air Transport Association.
J: F. Jolly; G.A. Jack; Japanese Language Studies; Japan Journalism; Japan Airlines; John M. Potter & Co. Ltd, Bradford; Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Japan) Ltd Articles of Association.
K: Korea Business/Lustre Fibres; Korea; Korea Taxation; Korea - F.O.A. Tenders; Korea Commissions; Korea Accounts; Korea Business - General; W.T. Knox.
L: Lustre Fibres Ltd; London Films International Ltd; Lendrum (Hong Kong) Ltd; Layne & Bowler Export Corporation; C.C.F. Laidlaw; Labour.
M: A. McCallum; G.J. McKenzie; Mr Maeda; Maritime Self Defence Force.
N: L. Norris; Chilean Nitrate Corporation; Newsprint; National Distillers; North Borneo Trading Co.
P: H. Peschek; Mr Philbin; Mr and Mrs Phillipps; M.L. Railton's Property in Tokyo; Phosphate Rock; Powers of Attorney.
R: H.W. Richardson; A.R. Ross; Miss F.H. Ross; G.D. Raeburn; Reorganisation of Departments; Rice - Burma.
S: A. Shefts; A. Shaw; I.R. Schaffer; Mr Van de Scheuren; Miss Steuernagel; Stutz; Shipping Staff; Staff Provident Fund Statements; Staff Sickness Insurance Policy; Staff Bonus; Home Staff Regulations; Staff Annual Increases; Shipping - Senwa Packing Transportation Co. Ltd; Shipping - Glen Line; Shipping - General; Japan's Merchant Shipping; Shipping - Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. New Ship; S.K.F. Industries of Japan; 88 Sloane Street; Soya Beans; Shirts - Processing in Hong Kong.
T: Timber; Timber Shipment; Tea - General; Tea - Taipei; Tea - S.R. Hawke's Report on Visit to Australia; China Trade - New Summary; Burma/China Trade; Japan/China Trade; Taxation in Japan; Double Taxation Agreement.
V: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.
W: A.R. White; Robert Weir; Wool Tops.
Z: G. Zanetti.
TOKYO TO HONG KONG
Original semi-official letters nos 1-252 from I.F. Aucott and E.F. Watts, Tokyo, to H.D.M. Barton and R. Gordon, Hong Kong, 5 January-21 December 1955, with monthly agency reports. There are also unnumbered letters from Tokyo to Hong Kong, 1 August, 3 September, 3 October, 14 October, 28 October, 28 October, 2 November, 10 November, 18 November, 22 November, 26 November, 28 November and 28 December, and a non-semi-official letter from Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 12 July 1955, regarding tea.
The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries:
A: Acoma Co.; Ammonium Sulphate; Associated Merchandising Corporation; Annual Increases; 'Anatahan'; Atomic Energy Equipment; I.F. Aucott; Aircraft Agencies - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd - Japan Air Lines; Aircraft Agencies - General; Aircraft Agencies - Scottish Aviation Ltd; Hong Kong Airways; Airways - British & Overseas Airways Corporation.
B: B.W. Bloomfield; N.D. Booker; T.M. Baty; Miss M.A. Bentley; G.H. Bygrave; J.P. Bartle; N.J. Booker; Aucott's Report on Borneo; British Petroleum Co. Ltd; British Commonwealth Films Ltd.
C: Correspondence; Semi-official Correspondence; Canon Cameras; Cameras - Canon Sales Co. Inc.; Comets; Egyptian Cotton; Coal - Hong Kong Coaling Agency; Chilean Nitrate Corporation; C.B. Campbell; Colonial Timber Co., Sarawak.
D: Dyes - Finance.
F: E.G. Freeman; A.B. Faure; L.G. Frost; R. Frost; Furniture; Fabelta; Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd - Flax Mill; Future Agency Arrangements.
G: Guesses; Geigy Dyes; Gollin & Co. Ltd; Robert Gillespie (New Guinea) Ltd; D.P. Graham; C.G. Grey.
H: S. Horie; N.G. Hammond; M.A.R.Y. Herries; S.R. Hawke; J.B. Hawthorn; Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Corporation; Hurley & Dewhurst Pty Ltd; Heydemann; D.B. Hank & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building, Osaka.
I: International Air Transport Association Cargo Sales Agency; Iwai & Co. Ltd; Annual Increases.
J: Japan Journalism; Japan Airlines; Japanese Language Studies; Japan - Foreign Affairs; F. Jolly; G.A. Jack.
K: Korea; Korea Taxation; Korea Engineering - F.O.A. Tenders in Korea; Korea - Geigy Dyes; Korea Business Commission; Korea Accounts; N. Kittila; Korda Films.
L: Lendrum (Pacific) Ltd; Lustre Fibres; Layne & Bowler Export Corporation; London Films International Inc.; Labour; C.C.F. Laidlaw.
M: G.J. McKenzie; A. McCallum; Maritime Self Defence Force.
N: L. Norris; Newsprint; National Distillers Products Corporation; Nissho Claim; North Borneo Trading Co.; Chilean Nitrate Corporation.
P: Phosphate Rock; Political; H. Peshek; Mr and Mrs Phillips; Powers of Attorney.
R: Reports; Rice - Burma; W.H. Richardson; Miss F.H. Ross; G.D. Raeburn.
S: Staff Records; Staff Shipping; Staff - General; Staff Provident Fund Statements; Staff Bonus; Staff Salary Increases; Shipping - Glen Line; Japan's Merchant Shipping; Shipping - Indo-China New Ship; I.R. Shaffer; Miss T.W.S. Steuernagel; Shirts - Processing in Hong Kong; S.K.F. Industries of Japan; Soya Beans.
T: Timber; Timber Shipments; Taxation; Japan/China Trade; China Trade - News Summary; Tea; I.F. Towler; G. Tak.
V: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.
W: A.R. White; E.F. Watts; Robert Weir (Gollins); Wool Tops.
Z: G. Zanetti.
Dates
- Creation: 1955
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fair condition, but the binding has broken and has been replaced with treasury tags.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volume was received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 29 September 2011. Letter no. 645 from London to Tokyo of 29 December 1955 was transferred from another file of duplicate letters received from Matheson & Co. Ltd on 23 October 2012, which has not been retained in the Archive.
Subject
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Smith, William Elder Drummond, 1892-1957 (businessman) (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
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