Butterfield & Swire China and Japan

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong and Shanghai covering routine business matters and in particular regarding the effects of the political situation on business. The letters cover the following areas: Anglo-Saxon Agency; other agencies; Briti...

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Order number: JSS Box 2517
Date(s) of creation: 1948
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: JSS Box 2517
Summary: Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong and Shanghai covering routine business matters and in particular regarding the effects of the political situation on business. The letters cover the following areas: Anglo-Saxon Agency; other agencies; British Community interests; Government and other trade associations in Hong Kong; affairs in Japan; China Navigation Company agency in Korea; Ocean Steamship Company; Pacific Far-East line; control of sugar imports; John Swire & Sons directors; telegraphy; war claims. Includes index
Previous numbers: BS 575
Extent: 389; 1 file; 1 box
Arrangement: Chronological and by sending office
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
Format: Archive