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7 items (originally enclosed with despatches concerning concessions in the Solomon...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1118
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This record is about the 7 items (originally enclosed with despatches concerning concessions in the Solomon... dating from 1917 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 1/1118
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917
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7 items (originally enclosed with despatches concerning concessions in the Solomon Islands in 1905) extracted from CO 225/71. 7 maps of islands in the Solomon Islands group, showing (in red) parts of the islands which are the concessions of the Solomon Islands Syndicate. Compass indicators. By S G C Knibbs, Crown Surveyor, Tulagi, from plans by F L Langdale and Admiralty Charts. (1) Kulamangra; (2) New Georgia; (3) Wana Wana and Arundel; (4) Gizo; (5) Choiseul; (6) Ysabel (Santa Isabel); (7) Guadalcanal.
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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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- English
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- 406. cm x 25.4 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981807/
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