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The firm of George White and Company, tea and (briefly) rubber brokers, first appears in trade directories in 1873 with premises at 23 Rood Lane. In 1904 the firm entered into partnership with Wilton Bartleet, an English tea broker working in Colombo, trading there as George White, Bartleet and Company (the London operation continued as before). The partnership with Bartleet was dissolved in 1912, but George White and Company continued to act as Bartleet's London agents. In 1910, the firm branched into rubber broking. However, this part of the business appears to have been hived off in 1927 with the creation of George White, Yuille and Company Limited, rubber brokers.

George White and Company changed its name to George White and Company (Tea Brokers) Limited in 1931, and to George White, Sanderson (Tea Brokers) Limited in c 1965. It merged in 1973 with Gow, Wilson Limited, tea, rubber and produce brokers of 82 Middlesex Street.

The firm of George White, Yuille and Company Limited disappears from trade directories after 1963; its subsequent history is unknown.

George White and Company and successors had premises: 23 Rood Lane (1873-1878); 2 Great Tower Street (1879-1887); 31/32 Fenchurch Street (1888-1930); 37/38 Fenchurch Street and 3 Mincing Lane (1931-41); Plantation House, Fenchurch Street (1942-1943); 112/113 Fenchurch Street (1944-53); Dunster House, Mincing Lane (1954-1969); and 80 Clifton Street (1970-2).

George White, Yuille and Co Ltd had premises: 31/32 Fenchurch Street (1928-9); 3 Mincing Lane (1930-59); 29 Mincing Lane (1960); and 48 Fenchurch Street (1961-1963).

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference recommended that the overseas cable and wireless resources of the British Empire be merged into one system. As a result Cable and Wireless Limited (known from 1934 as Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited) was formed in 1929 to acquire the shares of both the Eastern Group and the Marconi company, and Imperial and International Communications Limited (known from 1934 as Cable and Wireless Limited) was formed also in 1929 to acquire the communications assets of both the Eastern Group and the Marconi company.

In 1935 Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited acquired Cables Investment Trust Limited as a subsidiary. In 1946, when Cable and Wireless was nationalised, Globe owned a third of Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited which was converted into an investment trust. It was renamed in 1971 as Cable Trust Limited. Since 1948 Globe and its associates have been concerned chiefly with general investment business, and in 1969 Globe was renamed as Globe Investment Trust Limited. In 1977 it merged with Cable Trust Limited.

Globe and the associated telegraph companies had offices at Winchester House, Old Broad Street until 1902; Electra House, Moorgate, until 1933; then Electra House, Temple Place, Victoria Embankment (more recently known as Globe House). Cable and Wireless shared accommodation with Globe until 1955 when Cable and Wireless moved to Mercury House, Theobalds Road, WC1.

Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Limited was formed in 1929 as an investment trust for the purpose of investing in tea and rubber. It had a registered office in Aberdeen. Its name changed in 1957 to Aberdeen Investors Limited.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference recommended that the overseas cable and wireless resources of the British Empire be merged into one system. Cable and Wireless Limited was formed in 1929 to acquire all the ordinary shares of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group and Marconi Wireless, Telegraph and Signal Company Limited. The name changed to Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited in 1934. When Cable and Wireless was nationalised in 1946, one third of the issued capital of Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was owned by Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited, which had from its beginnings been associated with the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was then converted into an investment trust, renamed Cable Trust Limited in 1971 and merged with Globe in 1977.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference recommended that the overseas cable and wireless resources of the British Empire be merged into one system. As a result Cable and Wireless Limited (known from 1934 as Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited) was formed in 1929 to acquire the shares of both the Eastern Group and the Marconi company, and Imperial and International Communications Ltd (known from 1934 as Cable and Wireless Limited) was formed also in 1929 to acquire the communications assets of both the Eastern Group and the Marconi company.

In 1935 Globe Telegraph and Trust Co Ltd acquired Cables Investment Trust Limited as a subsidiary. Since 1948 Globe and its associates have been concerned chiefly with general investment business, and in 1969 Globe was renamed as Globe Investment Trust Limited. Cables Investment Trust Ltd was renamed in 1975 as Electra Investment Trust Limited.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Companhia Telegrafica Platino Brasileira was incorporated in Brazil in 1872 and reformed in England in 1878 as London Platino Brazilian Telegraph Company Limited.

This company was an investment trust, with a registered office in Norfolk Street, WC2, investing chiefly in cable, telephone and telegraph companies.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Direct Spanish Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1872 by John Pender to connect England to the north coast of Spain by submarine cable. It remained a private company of the Pender family.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Eastern Extension, Australasian and China Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1873 by John Pender as an amalgamation of British Australian Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-06), British Indian Extension Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-07) and China Submarine Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-12).

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Eastern Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1872 by John Pender as an amalgamation of Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-22), Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-24), Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company Limited and British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited (CLC/B/101-08).

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Great Western Telegraph Company Limited, established to lay a telegraph cable from England to Bermuda, seems briefly to have been known as New Atlantic Telegraph Company Limited in 1872 and to have been renamed Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company Limited in 1873. It amalgamated with Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited to form Western Telegraph Company Limited, which became part of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group.

Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.

The Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1870 by John Pender and merged in 1872 with Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Co, Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Co (CLC/B/101-22), and British Indian Submarine Telegraph Co (CLC/B/101-08) to form Eastern Telegraph Co (CLC/B/101-19).

The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.

The London Copra Association was founded c 1913 to represent the interests of those trading in copra (dried kernels of coconut used to extract oils) by the establishment of uniform contracts, the implementation of a system of arbitration and the promotion of legislation and other measures on behalf of the trade. Initially it held its meetings principally at the offices of the London Cotton Brokers' Association, 24 Mark Lane, and the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane. It subsequently acquired premises at 165 Fenchurch Street (until 1925), 79 Leadenhall Street (1922-5), 7 Mincing Lane (1926-34), 84 Leadenhall Street (1935-58), 5/7 Houndsditch (1959-67) and 24 St. Mary Axe (from 1968).

In 1938, during the lead up to the Second World war, the Ministry of Food set up a Cereals Advisory (Defence) Committee to make arrangements for government control over the supply and distribution of cereals and cereal products. It subsequently became known as the Cereals Control Board, 1939-1940, and was subsumed into the Ministry of Food's Cereals Division from 1940. In 1939, port area grain committees were established in all major British ports under the aegis of the Cereals Control Board, the largest of which was the London Port Area Grain Committee, based at the offices of the London Corn Trade Association (CLC/B/103-08).These committees were authorised to requistion existing stocks in public stores and to make arrangements for the reception, discharge, storage and distribution of subsequent grain imports. They remained in control of imported cereals and animal feeding stuffs until 1953.

In 1918, the following corn trade associations combined to form a national federation:- Liverpool (founded 1853); Glasgow (1855); London (1878); Hull (1888); Bristol Channel and West of England (1889); and Leith (1890). They also invited three other associations to join them - the National Association of Corn and Agricultural Merchants; the National Association of British and Irish Millers; and the Maltsters' Association of Great Britain. The federation acted as a national pressure group, representing and protecting the interests of the corn trade and providing a useful channel of communication between the trade and the government and other outside bodies. It was wound up in 1972 following the formation of the Grain and Feed Trade Association.

This life assurance company was established in 1844 and incorporated by special act in 1862. It was acquired by National of Ireland in 1882. Its offices were situated successively at 101 Cheapside and 14 Waterloo Place.

Gresham House, in Old Broad Street, was the home of Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-79), Lord Mayor of London, and was the site of Gresham College until 1768 when the house was demolished and HM Excise Office was built. This was sold in 1853 by the Government to six partners and, in 1857, the Gresham House Estate Company Limited was formed by them to manage the property. Other property was purchased in 1936 and 1955 in Bishopsgate (nos 25-27 and 31-33 respectively). Gresham House was sold in 1959.

In 1921 Broad Street Estates Limited (incorporated 1913), which owned a freehold building in Old Broad Street opposite Gresham House, was acquired. This property was sold in 1953. An "island" site between London Wall and Great Winchester Street, comprising approximately 1 acre, was purchased in 1928 and a subsidiary, Great Winchester Street Estates Limited, was formed to hold it. This company went into voluntary liquidation in 1958 and the site was sold in 1960. Since the late 1950's, Gresham House Estate Company Limited and its subsidiary, Broad Street Estates Limited, have been concerned mainly with investment business.

The British Equitable Assurance Company was established in 1854 at 47 King William Street, for the conduct of life business. It moved offices to 4 Queen Street Place (later numbers 1-3) in 1867, and, from 1933 was located at Royal Exchange. It expanded into fire and general business from 1905. It became a subsidiary of the Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1924.

The company was established in 1903 and transacted motor, general accident and fire insurance. It was taken over by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1917, and was based in 1930 at a number of locations, including No 11 Queen Victoria Street.

The Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society (CLC/B/107-23) was established in 1907 and merged with Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society in 1909. The latter company merged with Atlas Assurance Company (CLC/B/107-04) in 1911 which in turn was acquired by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1959. Royal Exchange Assurance merged with Guardian Assurance to form Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance in 1968.

This company was established in 1890 as the Licenses Insurance Corporation and Guarantee Fund for insurance against loss of liquor licences. It expanded into fire and accident insurance from 1936 onwards. The company was renamed Licenses and General Insurance Company in 1917. From its inception its premises were at 24 Moorgate Street.

Licenses and General Insurance became a subsidiary of Guardian Assurance in 1956 and this company merged with Royal Exchange Insurance in 1968.

The Local Government Guarantee Society was an insurance company, based at 7-9 St James' Street, SW1 (in 1930). It was acquired in 1918 by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02).

The London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company was based at 11 Queen Victoria Street (in 1901).

This company was established in 1824 as Manchester Fire and Life Assurance Company. It was renamed Manchester Assurance Company in 1846 when it transferred its life business to Pelican Life Insurance Company. At this date its offices were at 6 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside. Manchester Assurance was acquired by Atlas Assurance Company (CLC/B/107-04) in 1904; by this time its address was 110 Cannon Street.

Atlas Assurance became a subsidiary of Royal Exchange Assurance in 1959 and this company merged in turn with Guardian Assurance in 1968 to form Guardian Royal Exchange.

This company was established in 1836 for life assurance business in the United Kingdom at 27 King Street, Covent Garden. It was acquired by Guardian Assurance Company (CLC/B/107-01) in 1906.

Guinness and Mahon, land agents, was established in Dublin in 1836 by Robert Rundell Guinness (1789-1857) and John Ross Mahon (1814-1887). Within a short time, banking became the firm's main concern. It was renamed Guinness, Mahon and Company in 1851 and a London agency was opened in 1873. In 1916 three of Robert Rundell Guinness's grandsons retired from the firm following the death of their father, Richard Seymour Guinness, and the London office was closed. Their cousin, Howard Rundell Guinness was left with the small banking firm in Dublin. The London office was reopened in 1923 by Howard Rundell Guinness and his three sons (Henry Samuel Howard Guinness, Edward Douglas Guinness and Arthur Rundell Guinness, who became partners in the firm).

The firm in Ireland was registered as a private unlimited company in 1942, with the name Guinness and Mahon. The London business was henceforth called Guinness, Mahon and Company. In 1963 Viking International Corporation Limited (previously known as Viking Tanker Company Limited) acquired all the share capital of Guinness, Mahon and Company. Viking International Corporation Limited was renamed Guinness Mahon Holdings Limited. In 1973 Guinness Mahon Holdings Limited and Guinness, Mahon and Company Limited were acquired by Lewis and Peat Limited. The new holding company was called Guinness Peat Group Limited. The merchant bank, Guinness, Mahon & Company, continued business under the same name. In 1988 Guinness Peat Group was demerged into three groups: Guinness Mahon Holdings comprising the Guinness Mahon merchant bank and related investment management; Fenchurch Insurance; and off-shore activities. In 1991 the Bank of Yokohama acquired full ownership of Guinness Mahon Holdings. In 1998 it was sold to Investec of South Africa.

The London firm was based at St Swithin's Lane ([1873]-1901), 81 Lombard Street (1902-1916), 20 Bishopsgate ([1923]-1926), 53 Cornhill (1927-1964), 3 Gracechurch Street (1964-[1976]), 32 St Mary at Hill ([1976]-).

Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.

D and J Barber (Eels) Limited, were formerly known as John and Paul (Eels) Limited. They were eel merchants, trading from 13b Lovat Lane. They were taken over by H Barber and Sons, and renamed, in 1960.

Cahill and Young Limited was a defunct Irish company which was acquired by H Barber and Son Limited in circa 1954 and used to purchase a Galway fishery.

Daniel and Smith Harrison and Joseph Crosfield entered into partnership in January 1844 to trade as tea and coffee merchants at 6 Temple Street, Liverpool, under the style Harrisons and Crosfield. The partnership moved in July 1854 to 3 Great Tower Street, London, becoming from the 1860s one of the largest tea traders in Britain. In the 1890s the company admitted a number of new partners (Charles Heath Clark, George Croll, Arthur Lampard and Eric Miller) and changed the direction of its business. The company took on the blending and packing of teas, and imports from Ceylon were stored in a warehouse on Ceylon Wharf, Bankside in Southwark. The company was also increasingly involved in rubber and plantation estates in the mid-20th century, and acquired shareholdings, often acting as agents and secretaries, in a number of plantation companies. By the late 20th century, Harrisons and Crosfield managed nearly half a million acres of tropical crops in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Southern India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The firm became a limited company under the style Harrisons and Crosfield Limited in May 1908.

Much of the company's interest in tea was disposed of in 1916 on the formation of Twining, Crosfield and Company Limited. As well as diversifying into rubber plantation Harrisons and Crosfield Limited had interests in timber (through its stake in British Borneo Timber Limited, later called Sabah Timber Company), and especially from the 1950s, palm oil, speciality chemicals and other estates agency work, including the related business from insurance and shipping. From the late 1960s the company again changed direction moving to consolidate its interests in a number of divisions, including the "Harcros" group of timber merchants and building suppliers, chemicals, animal feeds and other agricultural products. Most of the interests Harrisons and Crosfield had in individual plantation companies were merged into larger companies (e.g. London Sumatra Plantations) in the 1960s and afterwards, and those companies have subsequently been sold. The firm became a public limited company in 1982. In late 1997 the firm started the disposal of all its timber and building supplies and food and agriculture divisions, to concentrate on speciality chemicals. From January 1998 the firm has been known as Elementis Plc.

Harrisons and Crosfield were appointed as secretaries and/or agents to almost all of the plantation companies in which it had a shareholding. The secretarial function was performed in London and included the provision of full management support to the boards of individual plantation companies and the administration of share registers. The overseas branches of Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited) acted as agents.

Harrisons and Crosfield Limited had offices in Montreal (established 1905), Toronto (c 1940) and Vancouver (c 1947). It also operated in Canada through a subsidiary company, Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Ltd, registered in 1938 (see CLC/B/112-067; Mss 37562-72).

An office in Colombo was opened in 1895 under the style Crosfield, Lampard and Company (see CLC/B/112-039; Mss 37447-55). From 1908/9 this office functioned as a branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited. In 1913 the Australasian interests of the Colombo and Calcutta branches were amalgamated with the business of Eastern Export Proprietary Ltd to form Harrisons and Eastern Export Ltd (see CLC/B/112-076; Mss 37635-41). See also the records of Harrisons Lister Engineering Ltd, CLC/B/112-077; Mss 37653-76.

Asahan Rubber Estates Limited was registered in 1910 as Asahan (Sumatra) Rubber Estates Limited to acquire Soengei Bedjankar estate in Sumatra. In 1913 it was re-registered as Asahan Rubber Estates Limited. It was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110) in 1960, and in April 1982 it became a private company.

This company was registered in 1911 as Bah Lias Tobacco and Rubber Estates Limited to acquire estates (Bah Lias, Tandjong Koeba, Inorapoera, Gamboes, Perlanaan and Maria Bandar) in Batoe Bahra and Bandar districts on the east coast of Sumatra. The tobacco estates were sold in 1921 and the name was changed to Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited in 1924.

In 1933 it was one of the partners in the formation of Kulai Rubber Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-098). By 1948 it held 76% of the holding of this company.

In 1938 Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited acquired Bila (Sumatra) Rubber Lands Limited (CLC/B/112-025) (and its Batang Sapongol, Gergas and Soengei Brohol estates) and Wampoe Tobacco and Rubber Estates Limited.

It was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110) in 1961, and in April 1982 it became a private company.

This company was registered in 1910 to acquire Batang Sampongol, Paya Labi and Djabang Doea estates on the bank of Baroemoen River, Sumatra. In 1938 it was acquired by Bah Lias Rubber Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-023).

British Chrome and Chemicals Limited was incorporated in 1960 to manufacture and sell chemicals. It was based at Eaglescliffe near Stockton. In 1973 it was bought by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112), and in 1988 it became part of Harcros Chemicals Group.

This company was registered c 1958 in South Africa, with a head office in Johannesburg, as A W Jones, Walker and Carst (Proprietary) Limited. The name changed to Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited in July 1944. It dealt in timber, textiles, chemicals, produce and other general trading.

In 1959 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001 to 016) purchased half the share capital. Previously Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited had acted as selling agents of British Borneo Timber Company. In 1969 Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited became a public company and changed its name to Carst and Walker Holdings Limited.

For lists of Company staff see CLC/B/112/MS37341. For papers concerning Japanese interests, see CLC/B/112/MS37901.

This company of insurance brokers of London was acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield Securities Limited (CLC/B/112-075) in 1961. At the same time Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall (Underwriting Agencies) Limited was formed as underwriting agents at Lloyd's.

In 1975 the life assurance portfolio of Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Company was merged with Henderson Admin Limited, to form a jointly owned new company: Chandler, Henderson Financial Services Limited. In 1978 Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Company Limited acquired Lloyd's underwriting agency of Harris and Graham and it was restyled Chandler Graham Limited. In 1990 the Company was sold as part of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's general trading division.

This company was registered in 1914 in Chenderiang Valley, Perak, Malaya. In 1952 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as agents / secretaries. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited ceased to act as agents / secretaries in 1967. In 1973 Chenderiang Tin Dredging Limited changed its name to CTD Resources Group Limited.

Chest Components Limited was registered in 1941 as a private company. It was formed by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) and other members of the Plywood Chest Association (CLC/B/179) to manufacture fittings for plywood tea chests in Colombo. For historical notes concerning shareholdings in the Company see Ms 37392.

Cowie Harbour Coal Company Limited was registered in 1905 to take over Sandakan Bay Coal Field Limited, including a concession of 1904 to mine coal in the Surudong district of North Borneo. The Company held prospecting rights over 900 square miles. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) became secretaries and agents of the Company in 1920. In 1937 Cowie Harbour Coal Company Limited went into voluntary liquidation.

This Company was formed in 1903/04 to cater for Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's (CLC/B/112) expanding trade in tea with wholesale importers in the USA and Canada. Branches in Chicago, New York and Montreal were opened in 1904/05. Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Company was one of the companies merged into Harrisons and Crosfield Limited when it became a limited company in 1908.

For records after 1908 see Harrisons and Crosfield's branches in Montreal (CLC/B/112-011, Ms 37199-207), Chicago and New York (CLC/B/112-016, Ms 37310-11), Irwin Harrisons and Whitney (CLC/B/112-089, Ms 37531-40), and Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited (CLC/B/112-067, Ms 37562-9).

Davenport and Company was registered in 1925 in Bengal as a private company to take over an existing business in Calcutta, also called Davenport and Company. It acted as a managing agent for a number of Indian tea companies. Davenport and Company was acquired in 1930 by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112). In circa 1955 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited sold its shareholding in the Company.

For historical notes concerning Harrisons and Crosfield's shareholdings in the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. For copy board minutes of Davenport and Company, 1941-55, see CLC/B/112/MS37208.

Dillons Klipstein Limited was registered in 1931 to acquire Dillons Limited and the Montreal branch of A Klipstein and Company. It was a private company, based in Montreal and Toronto. In 1932 it was acquired by American Cyranamid and Chemical Corporation, and in 1938 it was acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112).

The name was changed to Dillons Chemical Company Limited in 1939. In 1951 the Company became the sole agents of the products of Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited (see CLC/B/112/MS37572). In 1970 Dillons Chemical Company amalgamated with Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited (see CLC/B/112/MS37562-9).

For historical notes concerning Harrisons and Crosfield's shareholdings in the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. For staff lists of Dillons Chemical Company Limited see CLC/B/112/MS37340-2.

Edensor Rubber Estate Limited was registered in 1927 to acquire the Edensor estate in Patang, Malaya. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as agents and secretaries of the company in 1952. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents from 1953. In 1984 Edensor Rubber Estate Limited was acquired by Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad (CLC/B/112-080) and the company became resident in Malaysia for tax purposes.

Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates Limited was registered in 1909 to acquire the Bukit Kajang rubber and tapioca estates and B.K. Rubber Company Limited. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as managing agents of the company in 1952, and Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents. In 1961-62 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054).

Lumut Rubber Estates Limited was registered in 1909 to acquire the Sungei Wangie and Riverside estates in Malaya and Perak. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) acted as secretary of the company from 1924. In 1947 Lumut Rubber Estates Limited acquired Dusun Durian Rubber Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-056). In 1952 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054).

Tai Tak Plantations Limited was registered in 1922 to re-constitute Tai Tak (Johore) Rubber Estates Limited (originally registered May 1920) and to acquire the Tai Tak and Himyuen estates in Johore, Malaya. In 1926 it took over Sungei Dangan (Malaya) Rubber Company Limited. It was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054) in 1950/1.

Hadden and Company was registered in 1938 in Singapore as a private limited company of shipping agents. No other records are known to have survived. The Company's connection with Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) is uncertain. It may be related to James A. Hadden and Company in which Harrisons and Crosfield held an interest.