Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Shanghai office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments, transfers; staff military service; staff salaries and increases due to inflation; plans for evacuation of women and children from China; effect of evacuation on staff morale; cost of living; staff health; lists of staff next of kin; staff leave.
File has been indexed by surname and subject. See JSSII 7/4/54/3 for index.