Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/C contains:
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C27	Letters re shares, dividends, etc.
C28	Letters re charbonnages
C29	Letters re Swatow Sugar Refinery
C30	Letters re China Sugar Refinery
C31	Letters re 'Hong Kong Times'
C32	Letters re Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.
C33	Letters re China Mutual Steam Navigation Co.
C34	Letters re the Hongkong Ice Co. Ltd
C35	Letters re Canton Insurance Company
C36	Letters re Canton Insurance Office
C37	Letters re Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Letters re Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.
Reference	MS JM/C32
Covering Dates	1883–1903
Extent and Medium	9 volumes

Content and context

Press and typed copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, General Managers of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, including letters to local (Hong Kong) and foreign (China and elsewhere) correspondents. C32/1, C32/5 and C32/9 include indexes of recipients.

Index Terms

Hong Kong

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd

Manuscripts/MS JM/C32 contains:

General letter book. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume which contains the following entries:. Agra Bank Ltd; R.J. Abbott (Maritime Customs); A.E.J. Abraham; Walter E. Allum; W. Aitchison; D. Benjamin; Joseph Beattie; E.T. Blair; Bradley & Co.; R.H. Bruce; Samuel Barff; L.C. Balfour; J.P. Bisset & Co.; Belilios & Co.; C. Buchanan; S.B. Bhabha; 'China Mail'; Calls; Robert Craig; Cameron, Dunlop & Co.; W. Clarke; R.H. Cook; W.W. Clifford; R.M. Campbell; H.C. Curtis; Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China; James W. Carrall; A.D. Cohen; C.P. Chater; W.R. Cruickshank; B.A. Clarke; 'Daily Press'; John Davey; Davidson & Co.; Henry Dickie; H.F. Dent; Drage; Framjee Hormasjee & Co.; Robert James Forrest; Fearon, Low & Co.; R. Greig; Hongkong & Shanghai Bank; Holme, Ringer & Co.; T.E. Haskell; Ryle Holme; C.F. Harton; John Henson; A.J.M. Inverarity; James Jardine Bell-Irving; S.S. Joseph; Jardine, Matheson & Co., Shanghai; Jardine, Matheson & Co., Yokohama; Jardine, Matheson & Co., Foochow; Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hankow; Henry R. Kinnear; Kingdom, Schwabe & Co.; James Johnstone Keswick, John Macgregor & James Jardine Bell-Irving, Trustees; C.A. Lord; Lane, Crawford & Co., Shanghai; W. Laidlaw; S.W. Litvinoff; F. McKeige; W.M. Morgan; A. McIntyre; G.F. Muller; E. Meyer & Co.; J.D. Monro; Revd Dr Mackay; L. Moore; H.N. Mody; John Moffat; A.C. Marshall; Oriental Bank Corporation; P.A. Ponomareff & Co.; Primrose & Co.; John Macneile Price; C.R.B. Pickford; J.J. Pain; T.W. Richardson; Dr. T. Rennie; E.C. Ray; Shareholders; W.F. Stevenson & Co.; Dalton Sayle; David Sassoon, Sons & Co.; Speidel & Co.; W.R. Scott & Co.; J.C. Smith; D.H. Silas; A. Shepherd; Tait & Co.; Tokmakoff Molotkoff & Co.; W.H. Tottie; R.E. Toeg; G. Veitch; Albert E. Vaucher; W.C. Ward; R.W.H. Wood; E. Ward; John Walter; and Walter B. Walter.
1 volume; Moderate condition, with a broken spine and minor damage by insects..

Mar. 1883-Feb. 1888

General letter book. The main recipients are Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, agents of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, and the Chief Manager of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. Other regular correspondents are the branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co. in Amoy, Foochow, Swatow and Yokohama, agents; D. MacHaffie, Canton; H.N. Mody, Hong Kong; and Siemssen & Co., Hong Kong;.
1 volume; Fair condition, but a damaged spine..

Mar. 1888-Feb. 1895

General letter book. The main recipients are the Board of Directors of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, London; branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co. in Amoy, Kobe, Shanghai, Swatow and Yokohama, as agents of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; Benjamin, Kelly & Potts; Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; Deacon & Co.; and Melchers & Co. Some letters are signed by H.W. Bell of Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1 volume; Moderate condition, with damage by insects..

Feb. 1898-July 1900

Letters to local correspondents. The main recipients are Robert C. Dixon, Acting Government Marine Surveyor; William Meigh Goodman, Acting Colonial Secretary; Captain W.C.H. Hastings R.N., Acting Emigration Officer; John MacLachlan; George Thomas Michael O'Brien, Colonial Secretary; George Peebles, Government Marine Surveyor; Commander R. Murray Ramsey, Emigration Officer; and Carlowitz & Co. The volume includes three loose original letters.
1 volume; Moderate condition and incomplete, missing cover, and with damage by insects..

Aug. 1891-June 1892

Letters to local correspondents. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume which includes the following entries:. R.Y. Anderson; Butterfield & Swire; Bradley & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Bank; D.E. Brown (Colonial Secretary); T. Christie; Captain St Croix; H.N. Cooper & Co.; Chan King, Contractor; W.V. Carmichael; Dodwell, Carlill & Co.; J.L. Duncan; R. Dixon (Government Marine Surveyor); Victor H. Deacon; D.A. Duff (Brick Cement Co.); Captain Freeman; David Gillies; Girault & Co.; Harbour Master; F. Henderson (Secretary, Chamber of Commerce); Captain H.W. Hogg; Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.; Him Keet & Co. (Charterers, S.S. 'Cosmopolit'); Revd A. Stiff; H.B. Lethbridge (Captain Superintendent of Police); George McDonald (2nd engineer, 'Wingsang'); F.H. May (Captain Superintendent of Police); G.C.C. Masters; K.W. Mounsey; Captain Moncur; F.G. Monsarrat (of the 'Kutsang'); Newman Mumford; J.G. Pangborn (Honorary Director & President, Field Columbian Museum); Percy H. Rolfe (Chief Officer, 'Taisang'); A.H. Rennie; John Smith (2nd officer, 'Wingsang'); David Sassoon, Sons & Co.; Herbert Smith; J. Smith (of S.S. 'Chunsang'); Siemssen & Co.; Shewan & Co.; Sing Tai; J.L. Tomlinson; W. Tarn (Naval Storekeeper); Captain A.H. Thomas (Deputy Assistant Adj. General); R. Wilson (Chief Engineer, 'Chelydra'); Alf Woolley; Captain Spencer Wilde; W.H. Walker (Acting Lloyds Surveyor); and Captain Waddilove (of S.S. 'Yuensang').
1 volume; Moderate condition, with damage by insects..

Feb. 1895-May 1898

Letters to the China coast. The main recipients are the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, Shanghai and Swatow; branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co. at Amoy, Foochow, Shanghai and Swatow, agents; Carlowitz & Co. agents; D. MacHaffie; Maclaine, Watson & Co., Batavia, agents; and Smith, Bell & Co., Manila, agents. Some of the letters are signed by E.H. Slaghek of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Much of the volume is unused.
1 volume; Moderate condition, with damage by insects..

Aug. 1894-Nov. 1900

Letters to foreign correspondents. The main recipient is the Board of Directors of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, London. Other regular correspondents are the branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co. in Amoy, Canton, Kobe, Tamsui, Shanghai and Swatow, agents; Bain & Co., Tainanfoo; Smith, Bell & Co., Manila, agents; Boustead & Co., Penang; Butterfield & Swire, agents; the Secretary of the Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co. Ltd; and Speidel & Co., Saigon.
1 volume; Moderate condition, missing spine, and with loose pages and damage by insects..

Mar. 1895-Sep. 1898

Letters to London. Letters to the Board of Directors of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
1 volume; Moderate condition, with a broken cover and damage by insects..

July 1901-Aug. 1903

Book Office letter book. The main recipients are the Board of Directors of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd; branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co., in Shanghai, Swatow and elsewhere, agents; Butterfield & Swire, agents; Fergusson & Co., Chefoo; the Secretary of the Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co. Ltd; Shewan, Tomes & Co.; and Smith, Bell & Co., Manila, agents. The index at the start of the volume is unused, with the exception of an entry for Maclaine, Watson & Co. (fo. 85).
1 volume; Moderate condition, with damage by insects, mainly to the cover and later pages..

Sep. 1898-Apr. 1901