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2 items extracted from CO 533/423/10. (1) 'Mombasa Island'. Plan of part of Mombasa...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1134
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from CO 533/423/10. (1) 'Mombasa Island'. Plan of part of Mombasa... dating from 1917-1928 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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- 1917-1928
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2 items extracted from CO 533/423/10. (1) 'Mombasa Island'. Plan of part of Mombasa town, Kenya, showing plots for houses. Key to leasing and occupation of plots. Scale: 1:5,000. Compass indicator. Survey Office, Mombasa. 22 February 1928. (2) 'Mombasa Town Plan', showing proposed drainage areas, open spaces, African and Indian quarter, European residential area, business area, Arab and Asian area, trade sites area. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 600 feet. Compass indicator. Signed by W McGregor Ross, Director of Public Works, 24 December 1917. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 40 cm x 40 cm; (2) 89cm x 76 cm.
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 1329, 1319
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