Eastern Accounts

8 folders of accounts sheets for year 1939 prepared in Hong Kong and Shanghai: File 1: Hong Kong Balances as at 30 June 1939 File 2: Hong Kong Accounts for year ending 31 Dec 1939, including Earnings and Disbursements of FATSHAN and WUCHANG; Canton Line working account; Hong Kong and Canton Wharfs a...

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Order number: JSS Box 281
Date(s) of creation: 1939
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: JSS Box 281
Summary: 8 folders of accounts sheets for year 1939 prepared in Hong Kong and Shanghai: File 1: Hong Kong Balances as at 30 June 1939 File 2: Hong Kong Accounts for year ending 31 Dec 1939, including Earnings and Disbursements of FATSHAN and WUCHANG; Canton Line working account; Hong Kong and Canton Wharfs accounts. Accompanying letter from Butterfield & Swire gives an explanation of the accounts and the general financial position. 2:13-19 accounts for numbers of passengers including passengers being smuggled across the Hainam Straits. File 3: Shanghai Ledger Balances: estimated profit and loss as at 30 June 1939 Hong Kong Spare Gear, 1939, 3:36-47 File 4: Shanghai Accounts Statements for year ending 31 Dec 1939, indexed, with covering letter describing the effects of the war. WANLIU and KANGTING the only vessels running regularly at all in 1939 on Yangtze owing to Sino-Japanese hostilities. Statement of outstanding casualties (ships), 4.73-74 File 5: Shore Property Working accounts; including accounts for individual properties such as tugs, ferries and lighters File 6: Outport Ledger Balances as at 30 June 1939 Ledger Balances: outport accounts for year ending 31 Dec 1939. Agencies Working Accounts: details of outport finances
Previous numbers: JSSIII 6/11
Extent: 1 box
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
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Language: English
Finding aids: Paper handlist available
Format: Archive