Shanghai General Letters
Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Butterfield & Swire, Shanghai covering general management and trade in the South. The letters cover the following areas in particular: American tonnage; dealings with official shipping bodies; cabotage restrictions; China National Relief a...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2696A |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1947-1948 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2696A |
|---|---|
| Summary: |
Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Butterfield & Swire, Shanghai covering general management and trade in the South. The letters cover the following areas in particular: American tonnage; dealings with official shipping bodies; cabotage restrictions; China National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration [CNRRA] waterways transport; new tonnage and proposed new routes; Chinese shipping guilds; China Merchants Shipping Navigation Company (proposal to become public company); trade in Formosa [Taiwan]; China Navigation Company bids and trade in Japan; trade restrictions in Korea; redelivery of 'Kintang'; Min Seng Industrial Company (casualties; competition; loans of Canadian tonnage); increases in rates; pilotage and harbour commissions in Shanghai and Tientsin; smuggling; weekly reports; management of trade on the Yangtze river. Includes index. |
| Previous numbers: |
CNCO 564 |
| Extent: |
0.5 box |
| Arrangement: | Chronological by sending office |
| 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. |
| Finding aids: |
Handlist available |
| Format: | Archive |