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Despatches sent by Deputy Governor H C Moorhouse (Described at item level). Includes...
Catalogue reference: CO 649/20
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- 1920
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Despatches sent by Deputy Governor H C Moorhouse (Described at item level).
Includes photographs depicting: Plantations in the Cameroons: buildings; storage areas; various crops and crop drying; labourers' living quarters barracks and mat huts. Dated 1917. [See CO 649/20/4)
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- International
- Labour
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Colonial Office: Cameroons: Original correspondence
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