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5 items (originally enclosed in Hong Kong [despatch] number 182, 27 July 1894) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/993
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This record is about the 5 items (originally enclosed in Hong Kong [despatch] number 182, 27 July 1894) extracted... dating from 1894 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 1/993
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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5 items (originally enclosed in Hong Kong [despatch] number 182, 27 July 1894) extracted from CO 129/263. Hong Kong: Victoria. 5 plans illustrating the loss of part of Messrs Howard and Stephen's wharf, due to praia [i.e. water-front] reclamation works. (1) Plan and end elevation of the wharf; scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. (2) Plan showing existing numbered lots of land and new lots available after the reclamation; reference table. (3) Sheet bearing a plan of the proposed reclamation works and resulting numbered lots, and a plan marking the area currently being reclaimed. (4) Plan and elevation of the outer end of the wharf; scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. (5) Plan showing the position of the wharf in relation to existing features and a new sea wall; scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; compass indicator. Items 3-5 signed E Bowdler, Special Engineer, (3-4) 13 July 1894; (5) 16 July 1894.
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Item 1 follows item 5
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- MS, coloured on tracing cloth
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MR
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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