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11 items, originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/232
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This record is about the 11 items, originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters... dating from 1879 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled 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)
- MR 1/232
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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11 items, originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters from flooding in western Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), extracted from CO 54/520. Originally enclosed in Ceylon despatch number 14004, received 1 September 1879. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The item numbers used in this entry correspond to those marked in red ink on the list of sheets found at folio 253 of the parent document
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other items extracted from CO 54/520 see MPG 1/585 MPG 1/586 MPG 1/587 MR 1/233 MR 1/234 MR 1/235
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559259/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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11 items, originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters...
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