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7 items extracted from CO 96/629. 7 copies of base map 'Map of the Gold Coast [now...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1072
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This record is about the 7 items extracted from CO 96/629. 7 copies of base map 'Map of the Gold Coast [now... 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPG 1/1072
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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7 items extracted from CO 96/629. 7 copies of base map 'Map of the Gold Coast [now Ghana] including the British Mandate of Togoland [now Togo]'. Reference table to roads, railways, telegraphs and boundaries. War Office, July 1911. Additions and corrections 1921. MS additions on each copy provide social and economic information as follows. (1) 'Existing transportation and cost per ton to the shore'. (2) 'Approximate density of cocoa'. (3) 'Approximate density of oil palms and Shea Nut Trees'. (4) 'Approximate distribution of various products'; these products are tobacco, guinea corn, maize, millet, rice, ground nuts, kola, sisal, bauxite, gold, yams, corn, coco-nuts, manganese, sugar cane and sisal hemp. (5) 'Approximate density of timber and cattle'. (6) 'Approximate density of the population 1921 census'. (7) 'Proposed transportation Gold Coast.' MS reference tables to each map.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 2564
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 95 cm x 66 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1000000
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1005
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981761/
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7 items extracted from CO 96/629. 7 copies of base map 'Map of the Gold Coast [now...
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