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13 items (enclosures to Ceylon despatch number 14004) extracted from CO 54/520. Ceylon...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/585
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This record is about the 13 items (enclosures to Ceylon despatch number 14004) extracted from CO 54/520. Ceylon... dating from 1879 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879
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13 items (enclosures to Ceylon despatch number 14004) extracted from CO 54/520. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). 13 sheets with 52 cross sections (numbered 1-20, 21a, 21b, 22-51) across the Kelani River. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. Copies by R M Strange.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The sheets are numbered 1-12, with a second sheet 12 as the final item in the portfolio.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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