China Navigation Company Eastern General Letters

Letters to and from John Swire & Sons London, Butterfield & Swire Japan and Butterfield and Swire in Sydney relating to routine business matters including Japan and Australia trade, the management of cargo shipments, routine upkeep, conversion and sales of vessels. In particular this file c...

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Order number: JSS Box 2766 B
Date(s) of creation: Jan 1960 - Dec 1960
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: JSS Box 2766 B
Summary: Letters to and from John Swire & Sons London, Butterfield & Swire Japan and Butterfield and Swire in Sydney relating to routine business matters including Japan and Australia trade, the management of cargo shipments, routine upkeep, conversion and sales of vessels. In particular this file covers financial correspondence with banks, bunker prices, New Guinea/Australia Line fortnightly reports and papers relating to the trade of sugar in Fiji and Hong Kong. Includes subject index
Previous numbers: CNCo 2205
Extent: 1 file; 1 box
Arrangement: Letters are arranged geographically into four sections: to the East, from the East, to Australia and from Australia and are arranged chronologically within these sections.
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.
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive