From India
Letters to John Swire and Sons London office from Butterfield & Swire India following the evacuation and internment of Butterfield and Swire staff in China. File includes; letters addressed care of Shaw, Wallace and Company agents for China Navigation Company in India; establishing an office in...
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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1941-1943 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909 |
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| Summary: |
Letters to John Swire and Sons London office from Butterfield & Swire India following the evacuation and internment of Butterfield and Swire staff in China. File includes; letters addressed care of Shaw, Wallace and Company agents for China Navigation Company in India; establishing an office in Calcutta (Kolkata); staff salaries and allotments; conscription; staff arrangments and transfers; proposed 'kidnap' of Butterfield & Swire staff in Shanghai; Calcutta vs Bombay as an office location; print of Calcutta street scene [outside Shaw Wallace & Company]; salaries and allowances; list of staff in Hong Kong Volunteers; retiring staff; Provident Fund; transfer of office from Calcutta to Bombay (Mumbai); cost of living in India; interned staff; inflation and rise in cost of living in Chungking (Chonqing); income tax rates; plans for staff home leave after the war; accommodation in Bombay (Mumbai).
File includes name and subject index for letters. |
| Previous numbers: |
Staff Letters No. 46 |
| Extent: |
1 folder |
| Access status: |
Closed |
| Closed until: |
01/01/2024 |
| Access conditions: |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2024 |
| 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 |