Miscellaneous material relating to the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission

Includes copies of the Anglo-Chinese Guarantee Agreement (18 Aug 1939), between the National Government of the Republic of China, the Bank of China and the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom; freight contract on behalf of the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission; contract for Nanking Pukow Tra...

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Order number: CGPC, Box 95
Date(s) of creation: 1932 - 1951
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CGPC.05.01.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CGPC, Box 95
callnumber CGPC/05/01/01
callnumber_txt CGPC/05/01/01
callnumber-sort CGPC/05/01/01
prefix_number 01
title Miscellaneous material relating to the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission
scb_date_creation 1932 - 1951
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 file
format Archive
description Includes copies of the Anglo-Chinese Guarantee Agreement (18 Aug 1939), between the National Government of the Republic of China, the Bank of China and the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom; freight contract on behalf of the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission; contract for Nanking Pukow Train Ferry Bridges (12 Aug 1932); agreement between Ministry of Railways, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd, (4 Dec 1936) concerning the King-Kan Railway; cutting from the War Risks Insurance Office (3 Aug 1943); information on the Federation of British Industries Scheme for the Technical Training of Selected Chinese Students in Great Britain (Jan 1933); papers relating to China's first train ferry the S/S "Chiangkiang", built in Newcastle-upon Tyne (c. 1932); schedules for machine tools on order from China under various contracts (c. 1942); list of materials for the Nanking Kiangse Railway; booklets 'Goals of Japanese Imperialism. Conquest of the World', and 'Destruction of Schools by Japanese Invaders' (China Information Committee, 1937); photograph of ships in harbour; 3 maps of China and the Far East, and packaging summary of Chinese Government Purchasing Commission records transferred to the custody of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation upon the winding-up of the Commission, Sep 1951.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 1
hierarchy_top_id_raw CGPC
hierarchy_sequence CGPC.0005.0001.0001