 Over the next 30 years, the company continued to grow in competition with other traders including Augustine Heard and Company, Russell & Company and Wetmore & Co., opening offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Foochow (now known as Fuzhou) and overseas in Australia and New Zealand.In 1837, Olyphant & Co's ship "Morrison" made an attempt to repatriate seven shipwrecked Japanese sailors and at the same time open trade with Japan.The crew's efforts were thwarted after the Japanese opened fire and the ship was forced to retreat.