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...

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Order number: JSS Box 2696A
Date(s) of creation: 1947-1948
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.2.24
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2696A
callnumber JSS/3/2/24
callnumber_txt JSS/3/2/24
callnumber-sort JSS/3/2/24
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 2/24
prefix_number 24
scb_previous_numbers CNCO 564
title Shanghai General Letters
scb_date_creation 1947-1948
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 0.5 box
format Archive
description 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.
scb_arrangement Chronological 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.
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.002.0024