Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (108-109)

上海英商贸易行. 1867 年施怀雅(J. S. Swire) 与骨巴特菲尔德(R. S. Butterfield) 合伙创办.经营延头进口及茶叶出口贸易，代理蓝烟囱轮船公司业务. 1870年设香港分号. 1872 年以36 万英镑之资开办太古轮船公司，参与航运竞争，终于成为操纵中国沿海、长江及珠江航运的最大企业.此外，经营有拖驳公司、船厂、糖房、油襟厂及众多码头、堆拽F 代理若干保险、轮船及其它公司. 至1930 年代中，先后设分号或代理处者有广州、天津、汉口、厦门、福州、营口、宁波、宜昌、九江、重庆、镇江、南京、安东、大连、烟台、长沙、沙市、汕头、青岛、哈尔滨、沈阳、南宁、海口、北海、龙口、岳州及神户、横滨等20 余埠. 1940年代后期资本为500 万英镑，行东骨小施怀雅(G. W. Swire) 等驻伦敦，往来银行为"汇丰"及"麦加利". 1940 年代末改组.更西名为 "Swire &. MacLaine. Ltd. ".华名别称"太贸股份有限公司". 莫藻泉、郑官应、黄顺兴、杨梅南、黄鹤亭、郑翼之、黄耀昌、陈可良、陈冠一、林邦彦、陈玉英、邱世乔、邱世定及郑宗荫、郑慈荫等尝充是行买办.

Rough translation

J. S. Swire was founded in partnership with R. S. Butterfield in 1867. The business is engaged in the import and export of tea and blue leaf chimney company. In 1870 set up a Hong Kong semicolon. In 1872  to 36 million pounds of money to start the Pacific Ship Company, to participate in shipping competition, and finally become the manipulation of China's coastal, Yangtze River and the Pearl River shipping the largest enterprises. In addition, the operation of a trailer company, shipyard, sugar room, skidding and many terminals , Heap F agent several insurance, ships and other companies. Up to the 1930s, has set a semicolon or agents are Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hankou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Yingkou, Ningbo, Yichang, Jiujiang, Chongqing, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Anton, Dalian, Yantai, Changsha, Shashi, Shantou Qingdao, Harbin, Shenyang, Nanning, Haikou, Beihai, Longkou, Yuezhou and Kobe, Yokohama, more than 20 ports. In the late 1940s, capital was £ 5 million, and GW Swire was in London, and the bank was "HSBC" and "McGregor." In the late 1940s, the name was "Swire & MacLaine." Ltd. "," Huazhuo, Zheng Guanying, Huang Shunxing, Yang Meiting, Zheng Yizhi, Huang Yaochang, Chen Keliang, Chen Guanyi, Lin Bangyan, Chen Yuying, Qiu Shiqiao, Qiu Shiding and Zheng Zongyin , Zheng Ciyin and other tasting is the line of comprador.