Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co General Letters

Correspondence between London and Hong Kong relating to the management of the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. The letters cover the following areas in particular: Adelaide steamship co, competition, Chinese staff (housing, wages), docking and repairs, finance (particularly with regards to pens...

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Order number: JSS Box 2810 (2 boxes)
Date(s) of creation: 1957-1958
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.6.8.9
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2810 (2 boxes)
callnumber JSS/6/8/9
callnumber_txt JSS/6/8/9
callnumber-sort JSS/6/8/9
scb_alt_ref_no JSSVI 8/9
prefix_number 9
scb_previous_numbers TKDY P2
title Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co General Letters
scb_date_creation 1957-1958
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 vol
format Archive
description Correspondence between London and Hong Kong relating to the management of the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. The letters cover the following areas in particular: Adelaide steamship co, competition, Chinese staff (housing, wages), docking and repairs, finance (particularly with regards to pension schemes and Canadian investments), labour issues, naval dockyard, new construction and launches of vessels. a section of letters to and from Hong Kong also relate to the management of Swire & Maclaine
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.006.008.009