Prices current and market reports from Canton and Hong Kong, January 1866-December 1868, including issues of 'Deacon & Co.'s Canton Market Report'; 'Morgan, Lambert & Co.'s Freight Circular'; 'Coare, Lind & Co.'s Silk Report'; 'Fortnightly Price Current and Market Report'; and 'Jameson & Barton's Opium Report'. There are also memoranda of charters and settlements from George Holmes, Hong Kong, January-December 1868.

Prices current, market reports and circulars from Shanghai, Hankow and Newchwang, including issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Shanghai Stocks of Malwa and Bengal Opium'; 'Hankow Tea Statistics'; and 'Bush, Brothers' Circular'. There are also memoranda regarding waste silk at Shanghai from Jardine, Matheson & Co., silk quotations, reports regarding buyers and settlements of silk, and particulars of tea settlements in Hankow.

Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Yokohama, Hiogo and Kobe, some addressed to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of the 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Hiogo and Osaka Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Browne & Co.'s Market Report'; and 'Griffin & Co.'s Silk Trade Report'. There are also Yokohama silk quotations and memoranda regarding waste silk at Yokohama from Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Yokohama, Hiogo and Nagasaki, including issues of the 'Hiogo and Osaka Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Silk Report'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; and 'Holme, Ringer & Co.'s Market Report'. There are also memoranda regarding Yokohama market sales.

Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from London, Lyon and Marseilles regarding silk. The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Arlès-Dufour et Cie. Silk Circular'; 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'Heitz & Devèze's Circular'; 'Eaton's Circular'; and 'Waithman, Jacomb & Hogg's Price Current for China Mail'.

Bound and disbound prices current, market reports and circulars from Shanghai and Hankow, including issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Shanghai Stocks of Malwa and Bengal Opium'; and 'Hankow Tea Statistics'. There are also particulars of tea settlements in Hankow, and reports of silk buyers and settlements.

Prices current, market reports, statements of stock, and related correspondence, mostly regarding tea and silk. Some documents are addressed to Augustine Heard & Co. The items are in English and French, and include issues of the 'Shipping and Commercial List', vols 29-34, and 'New York Commercial Circular and General Advertiser', as well as printed reports of Rowland Johnson; Oldendorf, Case & Co.; James & John R. Montgomery; Cornwall & Zerega; and others.

Prices current and related documents, including letters on markets and prices sent by Cary & Co. to Augustine Heard & Co. in Foochow; issues of 'The New-York Price Current', vols 54-55; printed statements regarding sales and stocks of tea produced by James & John R. Montgomery, Seaman & Thompson, and others; and printed and manuscript bulletins regarding prices current for tea and silk.

A receipt (in Chinese) from I-chi (Yi ji) for silk ordered under the name of Mr Maclean, including an English note about the receipt. The year is not given.

'Tableau de la Production des Soies' (in French), undated, showing European consumption by country and place of origin of imports, 1854-1866.

A cash book and accounts current.

Two copies of a typescript extract of a letter from René Plattner, 10 December 1953, regarding the history of the Ewo Silk Filature.

Reports on the condition of silk, mostly issued by the Bureau Public pour le Titrage des Soies grèges et ouvrées à la Condition des Soies et des Laines; dated Lyon. The documents include reference to J. Cornet.

Accounts for silk shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Broadwater'; 'Overland'; 'Strathmore'; fabric; and silk.

Signed by William Keswick.