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2 items (enclosures in letter of 9 February 1861 from J C Richmond to Sidney Herbert,...
Catalogue reference: MF 1/35
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This record is about the 2 items (enclosures in letter of 9 February 1861 from J C Richmond to Sidney Herbert,... dating from 1861 in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MF 1/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861
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2 items (enclosures in letter of 9 February 1861 from J C Richmond to Sidney Herbert, MP) extracted from WO 32/8257. New Zealand. (1) Sketch map of area between Tataraimaka and the Waitara River, inland to Mount Egmont (now Mount Taranaki): shows coastline, Sugar Loaf Islands, rivers, hills; [New Plymouth]. Scale: 2.5 inches to 5 miles [1:126,720]. Compass indicator. (2) Sketch map of area between the Waitara and Waironga rivers, inland beyond Kairau Camp: shows coastline, terrain (rivers, hills, steep river banks, swamps), vegetation; military encampment, blockhouses. Scale: 2 inches to 80 chains [1:31,680]. Compass indicator. Both maps are signed by Octavius Carrington, Surveyor, 9 February 1861, and annotated in ink with War Office registered file reference: (New Zealand): 090/135. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 24 cm x 33 cm; (2) 38 cm x 29 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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