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1 item extracted from FO 228/249. China: Kwangtung (now Guangdong) province. 'Sketch...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/374
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 228/249. China: Kwangtung (now Guangdong) province. 'Sketch... dating from 1867 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPK 1/374
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 228/249. China: Kwangtung (now Guangdong) province. 'Sketch of deck & cabin arrangement of gunboat for Viceroy and Governor of Canton [now Guangzhou]': sheet containing 1 elevation section and 2 plans, one of the deck and one of the cabins, also showing galleys, storage etc. Originally attached to correspondence relating to the steamer-construction contract signed between David Gillies, of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, and Jui Liu, Viceroy of the two Kwang provinces and Tsiang Governor of Kwangtung province.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 52.5 cm x 98.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office
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