Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (26)

大英火轮船公司 P. &. O. S. N. Co. , Peninsular &. Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

英国轮船公司. 1837 年创办, 西名原称 "Peninsular Co. ". 1840年奉赦组成现名公司，特许经营东方航运事业，其时登记资本为100 万英镑. 1844 1845 年间来华开业，将航线由锡兰延伸至香港，在港设船坞、码头及分支机构.华名别称"铁行火船公司". 1849 年开香港一一上海定期航班. 1870 年代控制中国远洋航运的能力日益增强. 1908 年已发资本为232 万英镜，债券股180 万英镑.汉口、天津、宜昌、重庆、威海卫及远东各埠先后设分号或代理处.1940 年代初尚见于记载.往来银行为"汇丰飞郭甘章、郭砚溪及黎集云等尝充公司沪号买办.

Rough translation

British shipping company founded in 1837, formerly known as "Peninsular Co." .1840 years of amnesty composed of the current company, the franchise of the East shipping business, when the registered capital of 1 million pounds. 1844-1845 opened in China, will The route was extended from Ceylon to Hong Kong and set up in Hong Kong to set up dock, wharf and branch offices, and the name of "China Railway" was opened in 1849. The ability to control China's ocean shipping in the 1870s was increasing. 1908 has been capital of 232 million enamel, bond stocks 1.8 million pounds. Hankou, Tianjin, Yichang, Chongqing, Weihai Wei and the Far East have set up a semicolon or agency .1940 early in the beginning is still recorded in. HSBC Flying Guo Ganzhang, Guo Yanxi and Li Jiyun, etc. tasting company comprador Shanghai.