Letters to Butterfield & Swire
Bound volume of copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire regarding House and China Navigation Company business, Taikoo Sugar Refinery management including competition with Jardine Matheson & Co, sugar prices and selling policies, general advice from John Samuel Swire to his Eastern partners...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1177 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
24 Apr 1887-26 Sep 1888 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1177 |
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| Summary: |
Bound volume of copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire regarding House and China Navigation Company business, Taikoo Sugar Refinery management including competition with Jardine Matheson & Co, sugar prices and selling policies, general advice from John Samuel Swire to his Eastern partners on handling affairs and in May 1888 the suggestion of establishing a rice mill at Quarry Bay [Hong Kong]; other subjects and correspondents include Holt's relating to Conference and Ocean Steamship Company affairs, and Australian trade, particularly immigration restrictions affecting China-Australian routes. |
| Extent: |
500 |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| User restrictions: | Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| Language: | English |
| Finding aids: |
Paper handlist available |
| Format: | Archive |