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Replies to circular despatch of 5th March 1879 relating to salaries and establishments...
Catalogue reference: CO 537/156B
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- 1879
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Replies to circular despatch of 5th March 1879 relating to salaries and establishments of Governors and their staff: with extracts from and references to later papers on the same subject (these additional papers of various dates up to 1920).
Includes 10 photographs depicting: Interior and exterior views of Governor's residences in South Africa: Griqualand West, and Marine Residence, Durban. Government House and Mountain Lodge in Hong Kong and Plantation House, St Helena plus views of Jamestown. Dated 1879-1902.
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