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1 item (originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/234
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This record is about the 1 item (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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- MR 1/234
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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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1 item (originally accompanying estimates for proposed outlets to avert disasters from flooding) extracted from CO 54/520. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Sheet bearing longitudinal sections of the right and left banks of the Kelani Ganga River. Horizontal scale: 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2,400]; vertical scale: 1 inch to 10 feet: [1:120]. [Copied from a drawing by] J B Dawson, 1 February 1879. Marked: 'No. 6'. Formerly enclosed in Ceylon despatch number 14004, received 1 September 1879.
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For other items extracted from CO 54/520 see MPG 1/585 MPG 1/586 MPG 1/587 MR 1/232 MR 1/233 MR 1/235
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- 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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- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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