Abstract: The file comprises correspondence between the Military Attaché in China and the Commander-in-Chiefs in India and the Middle East as of March 1943. The mission starts from Chungking via Calcutta to Cairo. The mission was comprised of Major-General Hoo Hsien Chung, Major-General Lam Wai Ching, Colonel Lew Fang Chu and Major Hwang Hsu Piao. Hoo Hsien was the head of the Mission and Lam head of the Air Force. The Mission left Chungking for Calcutta by CNAC plane on 17 March 1943 and then left Calcutta on Sunday 21 March 1943.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Swallowfrom Calcutta to England (Captain Arthur Muter) 1801-1802. The journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 19 November 1801, Calcutta [Kolkata]; River Hoogly; 13 January 1802, Mocha; Madras [Chennai]; Mocha; 14 July 1802; Falmouth.The first page (folio 1) of the journal is headed: 'This is my original journal on my own hand writing in the time I was appointed Com [Commander] September 27th 1801'. The journal was received 4th August 1803.The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks], H [Hour], and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 110; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.