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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Sir C B H Mitchell, Government Hill,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1090
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Sir C B H Mitchell, Government Hill,... dating from 1896 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 1/1090
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Sir C B H Mitchell, Government Hill, Penang (now Pinang), to the Colonial Office, 7 January 1897) extracted from CO 273/228. 'Map shewing means of communication in the states of Perak and Selangor completed or under construction': map of the area (now in Malaysia) between Kedah and Sungei Ujong, showing cart roads, bridle roads, and railways operating, under-construction and proposed. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles. Compass indicator. Traced by J R Angus. Signed: C R Hanson, Royal Engineers, 31 October 1896, and E N Ulias, Chief Surveyor, Perak, 24 November 1896.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 82.5 cm x 154 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:253440
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured on tracing cloth
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560117/
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