Jardine Matheson Archive

Accounts and other papers regarding Sir Robert Jardine's property in the East, including letters, memoranda, maps, plans, reports and valuations. The documents are in manuscript unless otherwise indicated:

1. 'Copy of Journal entries in connection with Marine Lot 102 April 1887': extracts from the Journal of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 12 June 1902.

2. Table of Sir Robert Jardine's property in Shanghai, dated Shanghai, 9 July 1897.

3. Report and valuation on premises included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Shanghai, 7 January 1898.

4. Report and valuations on property in Hong Kong included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Hong Kong, 7 January 1898.

5. Report and valuations on property in various ports included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Hong Kong, 7 January 1898.

6. Typescript copy of a letter from E.F. Alford, Shanghai, to J.J. Bell-Irving, 19 May 1898.

7. Property accounts of Sir Robert Jardine, dated Hong Kong, 19 July 1898, 1904 and undated.

8. Copies of the survey reports and valuations by Palmer & Turner, architects and surveyors, Hong Kong, 19 July 1898, for the following properties: Rural Building Lot No. 10 and the buildings thereon; I. Lot No. 29 and buildings; the remaining portion of M. Lot 52 and buildings (typescript); and Marine Lots No. 99 and 100 and buildings, but not the reclamation (typescript).

9. Special interest account in account current with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 30 April 1901.

10. Contingency account in account current with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 30 April 1901.

11. Letter from J.J. Bell-Irving, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 12 July 1901.

12. Letter from J.J. Bell-Irving, Minto House, Hawick N.B., to William Keswick, 22 July 1902.

13. 'Sketch plan for laying out R.P. of M. Lots 99 & 100', prepared by Palmer & Turner, architects and surveyors, for Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, January 1907.

14. Letter from W.J. Gresson, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 29 January 1907, regarding Lots 99 and 100.

15. Memorandum entitled 'Property not necessary to the Firm', undated.

16. Memorandum entitled 'Property in occupation of the Firm', undated.

17. 'Herbert Smith's Memo.', regarding property and buildings, undated.

18. Map of Hong Kong depicting lots of Sir Robert Jardine, including those sold to the Hongkong Cotton Mills and a lot proposed for surrender to the government, undated.

19. Map of Marine Lot Nos 99 and 100 and their environs, undated.

20. Blueprint of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s cottage property for mill hands, undated.

The documents originate from an envelope addressed to D.G.M. Bernard, 3 Lombard Street, E.C.3.