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Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Shanghai office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments, transfers and vacancies; leave; staff health; staff assessments and recommendations; salaries; staff housing; evacuation of st...

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Order number: JSS Box 2900
Date(s) of creation: 1938
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: JSS Box 2900
Summary: Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Shanghai office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments, transfers and vacancies; leave; staff health; staff assessments and recommendations; salaries; staff housing; evacuation of staff family members; financial assistance for evacuees; inspections and interport visits; war bonuses; exchange rates and salaries; cost of living break down by item and port; staff displaced from ports; staff accident and medical insurance. File has been indexed by surname and subject. See JSSII 7/4/51/4 for index.
Previous numbers: 1070 (Staff Letters No. 42)
Extent: 1 folder
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.
Format: Archive