Hong Kong General Letters

Scope and Content

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong relating to the routine management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover the following areas in particular: Australian trade and shipping conferences; confidential shipping reports on China; crew; future policy; competition; Indonesia trade; trade in New Zealand tonnage; three-weekly reports. Includes index

Arrangement

Letters are arranged chronologically by sending office

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

Paper handlist available

Archivist's Note

Catalogued

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Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.

Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ