Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/J8/1 contains:
1	Correspondence on Chinese government debts
2	Correspondence on politics
3	Correspondence on the British and Chinese Corporation Ltd
4	Correspondence on the British and Chinese Corporation Ltd
5	Correspondence on the British and Chinese Corporation Ltd
6	Correspondence on the Private Code Supplement
7	Correspondence on a company history
8	Correspondence on politics
9	Correspondence on Chinese trade and finance
10	Correspondence on the compradore
11	Correspondence on politics
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Correspondence on the Private Code Supplement
Reference	MS JM/J8/1/6
Covering Dates	Feb. 1936-Dec. 1938
Extent and Medium	1 folder

Content and context

Correspondence regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's private supplement to E.L. Bentley's telegraph code, divided into the following sections: A. Private Code; B. British & Chinese Corporation; and C. Proposed revision of the Private Supplement. The correspondents include Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; Barry & Dodwell Ltd; D.G.M. Bernard; Dorothy Cavanagh; Alec L. Davidson; W.S. Dupree; George King & Co. Ltd; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; J.H. Keswick; W.J. Keswick; Matheson & Co. Ltd; E.R. Morriss; and J.J. Paterson. There are also related documents, including a 'Report on Proposed Revision of Coding', February 1936; 'Private Supplement to Bentley's Second Phase Code', June 1938; and 'Bentley's Check Indicator for Letter Codes' (pamphlet). The folder includes many loose documents. It is numbered 10, and is labelled 'Correp.- Private Code Supplement'.

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