Property letters from Hong Kong to Shanghai, 3 Aug. 1923-15 Feb. 1929
Scope and Contents
Copies of property letters nos P.51-196 from B.D.F. Beith, D.G.M. Bernard and A.B. Stewart, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, J.J. Paterson and A. Brooke Smith, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. B.D.F. Beith worked in both offices during the period covered by the ring-binder. Pencil notes on the letters record that they were originally enclosures to semi-official letters from Hong Kong to London.
There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder containing the following entries:
A: Amoy.
C: Constituents' Securities; Chungking; Canton; China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd; Correspondence.
F: Furniture.
H: Hong Kong; Hankow.
I: Ichang.
J: Sir Robert Jardine (Generally).
K: Kobe; Kiukiang.
L: O.V. Lanning.
M: J. McCaig.
N: Nanking.
O: Overseer.
P: Profits on Sales; R.J. Paterson; J.J. Paterson; Peking.
R: Registers of Property.
S: Shanghai; Swatow.
T: Tientsin; Tsinanfu; Tongku.
Y: Yokohama.
Dates
- Creation: 3 Aug. 1923-15 Feb. 1929
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
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Extent
1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found among the uncatalogued papers in the archive.
Subject
- Austin, Reginald Mein, 1888-1934 (businessman) (Person)
- Beith, Benjamin David Fleming, 1884-1960 (businessman) (Person)
- Bernard, Sir Dallas Gerald Mercer, 1888-1975 (1st Baronet, businessman) (Person)
- Paterson, John Johnstone, 1886-1971 (businessman) (Person)
- Smith, Alfred Brooke, 1874-1938 (businessman) (Person)
- Stewart, Allan Brown, c 1888-1940 (businessman) (Person)
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