| Description | 'In reply to your letter of the 12th instant I have applied to the executors of the late Lord Lister with regard to the investment in the China Navigation Company Limited and they inform me that [that] Company is managed by Messrs John Swire & Son of 8 Billiter Square, EC who can give you all particulars with reference to it. I shall be much obliged by your letting me have your views on the whole of the investments referred to you in my letter of the 11th instant early next week if possible.' |