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1 item (enclosure 1 in despatch number 9 of 9 January 1900 from Governor Sir Henry...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/796
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure 1 in despatch number 9 of 9 January 1900 from Governor Sir Henry... dating from 1899 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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- MPG 1/796
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure 1 in despatch number 9 of 9 January 1900 from Governor Sir Henry A Blake GCMG) extracted from CO 129/297. 'Map of Hong Kong and of the Territory leased to Great Britain under the Convention between Great Britain and China signed at Peking on the 9th of June 1898' showing districts and sub-districts in different colours. Also shows part of mainland China, with towns, roads, tramways, telegraphs etc. Reference table. Heliozincographed at Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1899. A MS note reads 'This map has been compiled from existing Intelligence Division maps of Hong Kong, Admiralty Charts and a map of the Sun On District compiled in 1866 from the observations of an Italian Missionary.'
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 1393
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 69 cm x 183.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:84480
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981485/
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MPG 1
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