John Swire & Sons `P' China

Scope and Content

Volume of correspondence between London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai relating to sundry matters in China with regards to the management of interests there (China Navigation Company, Swire & Maclaine and the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company). Letters cover the following areas in particular: Australian trade, proposed sale of ships, costs and earnings, Java trade, Duro, finance, restrictions with regards to transfer of articles of association, Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard, proposed revisions to the pool agreement, shareholding

Arrangement

Chronological

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Archivist's Note

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