Not to be confused with the eponym German company SIEMSSEN, G. ; SIEMSSEN AND KROHN (興成)

Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (679-680)

梯臣洋行 Siemssen &. Co.

德国贸易商行. 1846 年旅华德商禅臣(G. T. Siemssen) 在英法某些公司支持下创办子汉堡. 1847 年禅氏抵广州，翌年在广州· 开业.经营综合贸易. 1855 年扩展至香港，静尼森 (W. Nissen) 成为合伙人.遂以港行为总号，越年建上海分号，为第一家建立香港一一上海一一广州间正式轮运的商行.未几福州开业. 1865 年迁总号子汉堡.嗣陆续添汉口、天津、青岛、北京、济南诸分号，增设专门机器部及电器部.第一次世界大战爆发后华行一度清理停业. 1920 年代初恢复，改以上海为总号，汉堡为母号，香港、广州、汉口、天津、北京、济南、青岛、沈阳、大连、太原、长春、昆明、新疆及库伦先后设分号，纽约设办事处. 1930 年代中复迂总号子汉堡，资本1 ， 000 万德国马克，增设锦州、"新京"两分号及伦敦、巴黎、组约、曼谷代理处.进口德、美、英、捷、荷属东印度、法属印度支那所产军火、化学品、药物、颜料、泊漆、铁路材料、呢绒Æ 头、钢铁、五金、电厂设备、机器、化工设备、反带、仪表、汽车、飞机、化妆品、食精、大米及杂货，出口皮货、生皮、猪巍、头发、花生、蛋品、矿砂、羊毛、棉花、地毯、席垫、绣货、瓷器及其它中国产物，销往欧美.代理欧美保险及其它公司厂商数家至百余家.兼理相关工程及土建承包业务.1944 年尚见于记载.合伙人兼沪行经理骨隆德(E. Lund). 往来银行为"汇丰"及"中国"等. 曹子俊、曹子伪、梁金池、陆敬南、张麟魁、林志道、张丹荣、郁反顾泽甫、赵柏友、郑渭江、何泳昌、张珍侯、朱五均、徐佩仁、魏廷元、石布前、宗桂鑫、蒋文伟、严蕉铭等尝充是行买办、华总经理或部门华经理.

Rough translation

German trading firm. Founded in 1846. In 1846, G. T. Siemssen founded Zamburgs with the support of certain companies in Britain and France, and in 1847 Zen arrived in Guangzhou and opened in Guangzhou the following year Operating integrated trade. 1855 extended to Hong Kong, Sun Nissen (W. Nissen) to become a partner. Then the total number of Hong Kong, the more the Shanghai sub- One of the establishment of Hong Kong - Shanghai - Guangzhou, Guangzhou, between the official shipping business. In 1865 moved the total number of offices. Si gradually added Hankou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Beijing, Jinan, the semicircle, the addition of specialized machinery and electrical department.When the first World War broke out after the Bank of China was cleared to suspend business in the early 1920s, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenyang, Dalian, Taiyuan, Changchun, Kunming, Xinjiang and Kulun have set up a semicolon, the establishment of offices in New York, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hankou, Tianjin, Beijing, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Dalian, Taiyuan, Changchun, Kunming, Xinjiang and Kulun. In the 1930s, the total number of bells and burgers, capital of 10 million German marks, the addition of Jinzhou, "New Beijing" and the two semicolons and London, Paris, the group, the Bangkok agent. Import Germany, the United States, Britain, Czech Republic, Chemical equipment, machinery, chemical equipment, anti-belt, instrumentation, automobile, aircraft, metal, power plant, chemical equipment, anti-belt, instrument, automobile, aircraft, Cosmetics, food and other products, sold to Europe and the United States. Acting Europe and the United States insurance, the United States and the United States, the United States and the United States, the United States and the United States, And other companies to hundreds of manufacturers to more than 100. And related projects and civil construction contracting business. In 1944 is still seen in the record. Partner and the Shanghai business manager of the bone Lund (E. Lund). Correspond to the bank as "HSBC" and "China", etc. Cao Zijun, Cao Zizhi, Liang Jincui, Lu Jingnan, Zhang Linkui, Lin Zhidao, Zhang Danrong Yu Jingren, Zhai Guixin, Jiang Wenwei, Yan Jingming and other tasting is the line of comprador, general manager of China or department manager.