Import-export house. Advertised cement in both the Shenbao and North China Daily News as early as 1914 (Shewan, Tomes and Co. was then the distributor of "Portland cement" for the British Hongkong-based firm "Green Island Cement Co"). Later in 1924, Shewan distributed a wide range of building materials manufactured by several companies (Asbestos Roofing Sheets ; Boiler Mountings, Valves, etc ; Electric Power Plants, etc.; Green Island Cement, Firebricks, Drain Pipes, etc.; Manila Rope; Red and White Lead, Lead Sheets and Pipes, Timonox, etC. ; Switch gear; timber; water Recorders, Coal Meters, etc; Wire Ropes, Steel Shafting, etc.), as well as linseed oil (for the Indida company YULE & COMPANY, ANDREW, LD.), electric fans and motors, electric clocks (for SYNCHRONOME COMPANY).

Source/Reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (742).

香港英商贸易行。1891 年原美商旗昌洋行(Russell &- Co. )职员骨休恩侃. Shewan) 及伙东善托姆斯(C. Tomes)就已宣告碰产之旗昌洋行改组开办，更西名，袭其华名旧称.广州、上海、天津及纽约、伦敦、神户先后设分号，厦门、福州、汉口、台湾及马尼拉诸埠设代理处.进口英、德、美各国金、玻璃、电料、无线电机、电线、化学品、反革、甘泊炸药、象牙器、铝制品、机器、引擎、食品、建材、电器及杂货，出口中国产物，销往英属各地.代理欧美轮船，保险及其它公司厂商数家至数十家，为香港榄公司、青洲英呢公司、中国均益货仓按揭有限公司、中华电灯公司等多家企业全权经理. 1940 年代末尚见于记载，骨小休恩(1. S. Shewan)为董事.洋行华名，上海、天津诸埠别称"新旗昌飞陈晓峰尝充是行沪庄买办•

Rough translation

Hong Kong British trade firms. In 1891, the former American merchant, Russell & Co. Co., and the staff member, Shewan and C. Tomes, had declared that the flag of the flag was opened, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and New York, London, Kobe has set a semicolon, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Hankou, Taiwan and Manila Zhubu agency. Import Britain, Germany, the United States of America, glass, electricity Materials, materials, building materials, electrical appliances and groceries, exports of Chinese products, sold to all parts of the UK. Acting Europe and the United States ships, insurance, And other companies to dozens of manufacturers to dozens of companies for the Hong Kong, the company, China Merchants Warehouse Co., Ltd., China Electric Co., Ltd., China Light Company and many other corporate managers in the late 1940s still seen in the record, (1. S. Shewan) as a director. Foreign trade name, Shanghai, Tianjin Zhubu port name "new flag Changfei Chen Xiaofeng tasting is the line to do the building;