| Description | Manuscript letters and reports, printed documents, and illustrations, relating to insect white wax in China, including information on Ligustrum lucidum. Includes information relating to the source, production, use and trade of the wax, and on specimens sent to Kew. Includes letters to Joseph Hooker and Thiselton-Dyer, with letters and notes by Thiselton-Dyer and Oliver. Includes correspondence with the Foreign Office, and letters and reports from William M Cooper [HM Consul Ningpo], E Colbourne Baber, Alex Hosie, B C George Scott, and Father Rathouis [of the Jesuit mission of Sicawei [also 'Zicawei'], near Shanghai].
Printed documents include:
- (F0 Pp1-8) Daniel Hanbury, ON THE INSECT-WHITE-WAX OF CHINA (1853)
- (F1) 'Chinese White Wax', PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS (1860)
- (Ff2-17) E Bretschneider, NOTES ON SOME BOTANICAL QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE EXPORT TRADE OF CHINA.
- (Ff49-67) C Rathouis, 'Étude sur le Coccus Pé-La', MÉMOIRES CONCERNANT L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE L'EMPIRE CHINOIS PAR DES PÈRES DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS (Chang-Hai: Imprimerie de la Misson Catholique, 1880)
- (Ff97-119) W M Cooper, INSECT WHITE WAX (1884). Handwritten report (marked 'copy') followed by printed report.
- (Ff194-241) A Hosie, INSECT WHITE WAX (1884). Includes handwritten and printed copies; and related correspondence.
- (Ff250-287) REPORT BY MR HOSIE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL SSU-CH'UAN IN JUNE AND JULY, 1884 (London: Harrison and Sons, 1885), regarding local cultivation and trade of products including tea, silk and insect wax. [Duplicated in MCR/4/2/8] With correspondence regarding this report at ff242-249.
- (F310v) G F Smithers, CHINESE INSECT WHITE WAX (1897)
- (Ff311-361) S W Bushell, NOTES ON THE PRODUCTION OF INSECT WHITE WAX IN CHINA. Includes handwritten and printed copies.
- (Ff411-420) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPORTS ON TRADE AND FINANCE. CHINA. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1887 ON THE TRADE OF ICHANG (1889)
- (Ff421-423) Denby, WHITE WAX IN CHINA (1891)
- (Ff139-193) E Colborne Baber, REPORT ON THE PRODUCTION OF WHITE WAX IN SSŬ-CH'UAN (1884). Includes handwritten and printed copies; and related correspondence.
- (Ff369-395) B C George Scott, REPORT ON THE PRODUCTION OF INSECT OR WHITE WAX IN THE PROVINCE OF ANHUI (1884). Includes handwritten and printed copies; and related correspondence.
Handwritten documents include:
- (Ff18-48) Correspondence between the Foreign Office, Kew and E Colborne Baber regarding obtaining specimens of white wax for Kew (1883)
- (Ff288-310) Correspondence between W Thistleton-Dyer and A Hosie relating to specimens sent to Kew, including bills for shipping; and handwritten copy of report on white wax. |