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1 item (originally enclosed with a report by the [?Melaka] Boundary Commissioners,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1134
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with a report by the [?Melaka] Boundary Commissioners,... dating from 1890-1891 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 1/1134
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with a report by the [?Melaka] Boundary Commissioners, May 1891) extracted from CO 273/180. 'Plan shewing state boundary claims of Malacca [i.e. Melaka] Johore [i.e. Johor] and Johol': map (of territory now in Malaysia) showing a boundary proposed by the Governor [of the Straits Settlements] and a modified boundary proposed by the Sultan of Johor; also showing 12-inch and 7-inch stations, towns, rivers, and forest reserves. Reference note. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Signed: H G McCallum, Colonial Engineer and Surveyor General, Straits Settlements.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 119 cm x 187 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560161/
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