Hong Kong General Letters

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong relating to the management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover routine business matters and trade conditions, in particular: business in Australia; Australia and New Zealand Shipping Conference [ANZESC...

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

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.1.37
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
callnumber_txt JSS/3/1/37
callnumber-sort JSS/3/1/37
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 1/37
prefix_number 37
scb_previous_numbers CNCo 3117
title Hong Kong General Letters
scb_date_creation Jan 1969 - Mar 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 239
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong relating to the management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover routine business matters and trade conditions, in particular: business in Australia; Australia and New Zealand Shipping Conference [ANZESC]; tonnage disposition; business in New Zealand; new tonnage; Indonesian trade; confidential reports relating to China; finance; Chinese crews; three weekly reports and interactions with other shipping lines. 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