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20 items extracted from CO 533/274. (1) 'Uganda Railway British East Africa General...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1037
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This record is about the 20 items extracted from CO 533/274. (1) 'Uganda Railway British East Africa General... dating from [1921] 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 1/1037
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1921]
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20 items extracted from CO 533/274. (1) 'Uganda Railway British East Africa General Map'. Map showing a bamboo concession near Kijabe, Kenya. Distance and altitude table for principal stations. Scale: 1 inch to about 105 miles. The map is a reprographic copy of printed map. (2) Reprographic copy of a map of the bamboo concession area near Kijabe. (3-18) and (20) Legal documents and correspondence (including draft agreements and licences) dated 1921 relating to the bamboo concession. (19) Blueprint map showing the bamboo concession north-east of Kijabe, in the Kikuyu region of Kenya; the concession is edged in red. Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles. Compass indicator. 10 August 1914. Dimensions: (1) 10 cm x 19cm; (2) 12 cm x 10 cm (19) 34 cm x 23 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 1242, 1285
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