Traders of Hong Kong. Some foreign merchant houses, 1841-1899
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- Author(s) Bard, Solomon
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1993
- Pages 142pp; illus
- Publisher Hong Kong Urban Council for Hong Kong Museum of History
- Place Published Hong Kong
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- Name British Library
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- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the international trade of Hong Kong and of the international merchants, notably those resident at Hong Kong, who participated in it. Largely comprises three parts: 1] 'Foreign trade before 1841' - 'China trade / 'Foreign traders in Canton' / 'The Honourable East India Co' / 'Tea and opium'; 2] 'Hong Kong - a British outpost' - 'The early years' / '1850' / 'Trade in 1841-1860' / 'The Compradores' / 'Shameen' / 'The Chamber of Commerce' / 'Trade in 1860-1899' / '1890'; 3] 'Foreign traders in Hong Kong' - 'From Britain' / 'From America' / 'From the Indian Sub-continent' / 'From Germany' / 'From Portugal and Macao' / 'From other countries'. The third section largely comprises profiles of c50 British houses. The longer of the latter are: Gibb, Livingston & Co; Gilman & Co; Holliday & Co; Humphreys & Co; Jardine Matheson & Co; Lammert Bros; Lane, Crawford & Co; Douglas Laprail & Co; Murrow & Co; Shewan, Tomes & Co; Bell & Co; Birley & Co; Burd & Co; Butterfield & Swire; Dent & Co; Dodwell & Co; Fletcher & Co