Letters to Hong Kong

Correspondence between John Swire and Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong, covering routine business and trade conditions with regards to the management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover the following areas in particular: business in Australia; ANZESC shipping conference; t...

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Order number: JSS Box 2719
Date(s) of creation: January 1969-March 1969
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.1.37.1
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2719
callnumber JSS/3/1/37/1
callnumber_txt JSS/3/1/37/1
callnumber-sort JSS/3/1/37/1
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 1/37/1
prefix_number 1
scb_previous_numbers CNCO 3117
title Letters to Hong Kong
scb_date_creation January 1969-March 1969
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 2 files; 1 box
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire and Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong, covering routine business and trade conditions with regards to the management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover the following areas in particular: business in Australia; ANZESC shipping conference; tonnage disposition; finance; all aspects of New Zealand trade; new tonnage; freight rates; complaints; AC Swire visit to New Zealand. Includes 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
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.001.0037.001