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1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch on Zulu affairs, 27 November 1885) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1770
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch on Zulu affairs, 27 November 1885) extracted... dating from 1885 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 1/1770
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Date (When the record was created)
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1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch on Zulu affairs, 27 November 1885) extracted from CO 179/162 (folio 345). 'General Plan of all farms taken up by the Government of The New Republic, Zululand and ridden [sic] off by the Land Commissioners': map (of territory now in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa) showing allotments (lettered and numbered), missions and forest reserves. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 3.5 miles. Compiled from official records by A Vincent Erskine, Government Surveyor, assisted by Messrs Ortlep, Kelly, Andrews, Emmett and Pizzigheni. October 1885.
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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)
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English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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94 cm x 111 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 3035
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560797/
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