Correspondence on the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd, 1934-1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd's involvement in various railways, with related papers. The folder contains sections on the following subjects: miscellaneous railways, including the Chungkiang-Changsha and Chungking-Chengtu Railways, with four maps of railways; Otto Wolff; Chinese Central Railways; Nanking-Shanghai Railway Signalling System; A.L. Davidson's visit; Kwangtung Railway; Wuhu-Kweichi Railway (later called the King-Kan Railway); Chinese railway debts; Jardine Engineering Corporation Railways; Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Completion Loan; Peking-Hankow Railway debt; Canton-Hankow Railway debt; Canton-Kowloon Railway; and Swatow-Kwangning Railway. The principal correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, D.G.M. Bernard, W.J. Keswick and J.J. Paterson. The file is numbered 9B, and is labelled 'B. & C. - Railways'.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1936
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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 folder(s) (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- British and Chinese Corporation Ltd (Organization)
Repository Details
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