China Navigation Company Accounts Letters

This series contains the files of letters between John Swire & Sons London and Butterfield and Swire in Hong Kong and Shanghai as Managers of the China Navigation Company dealing with the accounts of the firm and its financial arrangements. They concern the making up of the accounts, both annual...

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Date(s) of creation: 1900-1973
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.5
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/3/5
callnumber_txt JSS/3/5
callnumber-sort JSS/3/5
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 5
prefix_number 5
title China Navigation Company Accounts Letters
scb_date_creation 1900-1973
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 34 boxes; 39 files
format Archive
description This series contains the files of letters between John Swire & Sons London and Butterfield and Swire in Hong Kong and Shanghai as Managers of the China Navigation Company dealing with the accounts of the firm and its financial arrangements. They concern the making up of the accounts, both annual and special, details of specific transactions, profits or losses on particular routes and details of staff payments. JSSIII 5/4 contains the letters with the British Inspector of Taxes regarding the taxation of China Navigation Company and also gives some statements of accounts.
scb_place_code 1819730
1814991
1269750
2643743
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
scb_related_material Related MaterialDetails of CNCo Accounts letters from and to Shanghai 1939-41 can also be found in JSSII 3/1-12 (Shanghai Master File)
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.005