Butterfield & Swire China and Japan

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, Ltd London and Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. The letters cover the following areas in particular: pre-war claims Japan, history of the company, Swedish East Asian Co, taxation in Japan, investments and fin...

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Order number: JSS Box 2505
Date(s) of creation: 1957
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.2.32
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2505
callnumber JSS/2/2/32
callnumber_txt JSS/2/2/32
callnumber-sort JSS/2/2/32
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 2/32
prefix_number 32
scb_previous_numbers BS 1488
title Butterfield & Swire China and Japan
scb_date_creation 1957
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 0.5 box
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, Ltd London and Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. The letters cover the following areas in particular: pre-war claims Japan, history of the company, Swedish East Asian Co, taxation in Japan, investments and finance, directors' visits to the East. Includes subject index
scb_arrangement Letters are arranged chronologically by sending office
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.002.0032