| Order number: |
JSS Box 2899
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| Summary: |
Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments, transfers and vacancies; leave; staff health; staff responsibilities; cost of living for staff including rents, cigarettes and tobacco, clothing, etc.; salaries; staff and family travel; evacuation of staff family members; staff war service; war bonuses; exchange rates; staff vaccinations and inoculation against typhoid, smallpox, and cholera; staff housing; First Impression reports; inspections and interportal visits; medical care provided by Butterfield & Swire for staff and family members; shortage of housing in Hong Kong; letters and note on 'Burma/Kunming Motor Road' (Burma Road) describing it's condition and efforts to improve it.
File has been indexed by surname and subject.
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| Previous numbers: |
1070 (Staff Letters No. 42)
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| Extent: |
1 folder
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| Access status: |
Open
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| 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. |
| Format: |
Archive
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