Miscellaneous semi-official and property correspondence between Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd; Matheson & Co. Ltd; and representatives of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, with enclosures.

TAIPEI

Original property letter no. P.1 from B.E. Bolton, Jardine Matheson, Taipei, to R. Gordon, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 19 March 1954, and a copy of property letter no. P.1 from R. Gordon, Hong Kong, to B.E. Bolton, Taipei, 24 March 1954, regarding Bolton's accommodation.

BRITISH WEST INDIES

Semi-official correspondence between R.E. Shea of the West Indies Navigation Co. Ltd (WINCO), Bridgetown (Barbados) and Port of Spain (Trinidad), and Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London:

1. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-2 from R. Gordon to R.E. Shea, Bridgetown, 17 September 1954 and 1 October 1954, and 3-8 from R. Gordon to R.E. Shea, Port of Spain, 19 November-23 December 1954.

2. Original semi-official letters nos 1-10 from R.E. Shea, Bridgetown and Port of Spain, to R. Gordon, Hong Kong, 14 September-31 December 1954.

3. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-27 from W.J. Keswick and W.E.D. Smith, London, to R.E. Shea, Barbados and Port of Spain, 7 September-23 December 1954.

4. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-2 from R.E. Shea, Bridgetown, to W.J. Keswick, London, 16 and 22 September 1954, and no. 4 from Shea, Port of Spain, to Keswick, London, 19 November 1954. Nos 3 and 5-12 have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents.

The subjects covered include agencies; agreement with West Indian governments; British Honduras; funds; insurance; Jamaica Banana Producers' Association; Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Caribbean) Ltd; Port of Spain agents; shipping agency - Grenada; shipping agency - St Lucia; staff housing; Trinidad; S.S. 'West Indian'; S.S. 'Wingsang'; West Indies Navigation Co. Ltd; WINCO accounting; WINCO agreements; WINCO cable address; WINCO letterhead; WINCO motor transport; WINCO opening at Port of Spain; and WINCO representation in the United Kingdom.

TOKYO

Semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, and Jardine Matheson, Osaka, and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York:

1. Sheets listing the contents of semi-official letters nos 1-26 from Osaka to Tokyo, 6 January-7 September 1954.

2. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1, 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 20-22, 24 and 27-31 from I.F. Aucott and E.F. Watts, Tokyo, to F. Jolly, Osaka, 12 January-27 July 1954, acknowledging the receipt of semi-official letters. Nos 3-7, 9, 11, 14-19, 23, 25 and 26 have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents.

3. Sheets listing semi-official letters nos 14-17 and seven unnumbered letters from Tokyo to New York, 14 January-10 November 1954.

4. Copies of unnumbered letters from A.S.R. Williamson, New York, to E.F. Watts, Tokyo, 20 September 1954 (2 letters) and 25 October 1954. Nine unnumbered letters have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents. The subjects covered include Tom Baty; cameras; Canon, and Mrs Rojas.

SINGAPORE

Copies of semi-official correspondence between Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Singapore, and Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London:

1. Semi-official letters nos 3-4 from E.F. Watts, Tokyo, to D.I. Bosanquet, Singapore, 30 November-30 December 1954. Nos 1 and 2 have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents.

2. Semi-official letters nos 2-5 from D.I. Bosanquet, Singapore, to E.F. Watts, Tokyo, 6 November-14 December 1954. No. 1 has been transferred to another file, but there is a sheet listing its contents.

3. Semi-official letters nos 2-22 from W.J. Keswick, London, to H.A. Waugh, Singapore, 18 March-8 December 1954.

4. Semi-official letters nos M.1-15 and M.17-26 from D.I. Bosanquet and (mainly) Henry Waugh, Singapore, to W.J. Keswick, London, 26 March-21 December 1954. No. M.16 has been transferred to another file, but there is a sheet listing its contents.

The subjects covered include canned pineapple; coal in Sarawak; Japanese bicycles for Malaya; Liptons; Metropolitan-Cammel Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd; Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd; mining; Powers-Samas Accounting Machines (Sales) Ltd; Shell Company; Sulzer Brothers (London) Ltd; Thai Shale & Oil Co. Ltd; and tin.

CHINA

SHANGHAI

1. A copy of semi-official letter no. 1 from H.H. Lennox, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to W.J. Keswick, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 19 March 1953, enclosing an up-to-date list of the next of kin of members of staff in China.

2. Original semi-official C.S. letters nos 1-16 from Thomas Beesley and H.H. Lennox, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to R. Gordon and J.H. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 6 January 1953-28 June 1954. The subjects covered include the case of driver Yoh Kwan Chuen; Chinese staff retirements; Lee Ting Fong, Liang Yung Kong, Du Tseng Chuen and Chang Chak Sing of the Tea Department; resignations of Chinese staff; security deposit for Wu Man Wing; and staff payoffs.

TSINGTAO

Sheets listing the contents of semi-official C.S. letters nos 1-8 from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Tsingtao, 22 January-11 June 1953.

CANTON

Copies of semi-official C.S. correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Canton and Shanghai:

1. C.S. letter no. 5 from Conant Lee, Canton, to H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, 28 May 1953, regarding the staff retirement grant. No. 9 has been transferred to another file, but there is a sheet listing its contents.

2. C.S. letter no. 1 from H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, to Conant Lee, Canton, 20 January 1954, acknowledging receipt of his C.S. letter no. 8. C.S. letters nos 7-9, 1953, and no. 2, 1954, have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents.

HANKOW

Semi-official C.S. correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hankow and Shanghai:

1. A copy of C.S. letter no. 2 from W.J. Wu, Hankow, to H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, 9 January 1953, enclosing a statement of the staff salaries and bonus for December 1952. Nos 1 and 3-21 have been transferred to other files, but there are sheets listing their contents.

2. Sheets listing the contents of C.S. letters nos 1-13 from Shanghai to Hankow, 14 January-30 October 1953.

SWATOW

Semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Swatow:

1. Original semi-official letters nos 1-14 from Yeh Ah Kow, Swatow, to J.H. Keswick, Hong Kong, 3 January-28 March 1953.

2. Copies of semi-official letters nos 1-11 from J.H. Keswick, Hong Kong, to Yeh Ah Kow, Swatow, 12 January-22 May 1953.

The subjects covered include the bungalow; godowns; land tax; M.B. 'Margaret'; and taxation.