Focus on
The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis
In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.
Series
Ordnance Survey and predecessors: Ordnance Survey International and predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: OS 46
What's it about?
OS 46
This series contains the annual reports of the Directorate of Colonial (Geodetic and Topographical) Surveys and the Directorate of Overseas (Geodetic and Topographical) Surveys, and the annual summaries of activities of the Overseas Surveys...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 46
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey and predecessors: Ordnance Survey International and predecessors: Annual Reports and Annual Summaries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the annual reports of the Directorate of Colonial (Geodetic and Topographical) Surveys and the Directorate of Overseas (Geodetic and Topographical) Surveys, and the annual summaries of activities of the Overseas Surveys Directorate and Ordnance Survey International. For the director's files of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys see OD 5; for registered files see OD 6
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 44 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1998 Ordnance Survey
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Accruals, at yearly intervals.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11464/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
278,790 records
Within the department: OS
Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
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Ordnance Survey and predecessors: Ordnance Survey International and predecessors: Annual Reports and Annual Summaries
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