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'Starling Inlet [now Sha Tau Kok Hoi] to Nam Tan Shing and Deep Bay [now Shenzhen...

Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/53/2

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This record is about the 'Starling Inlet [now Sha Tau Kok Hoi] to Nam Tan Shing and Deep Bay [now Shenzhen... dating from 1899 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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Reference
MFQ 1/53/2
Date
1899
Description

'Starling Inlet [now Sha Tau Kok Hoi] to Nam Tan Shing and Deep Bay [now Shenzhen Wan]': map showing provisional and proposed boundaries. Key to temples, roads and mud. Compass indicator. By Mr T J Eldridge, [?]Commander of the Kai Pan, and Mr A C Akehurst, 2nd Officer, January 1899. Coloured additions, in crayon, mark boundaries, [? between British and Chinese territory]. Originally enclosed with despatch number 66 from H A Blake, Governor of Hong Kong, 17 March 1899.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
46 cm x 81 cm
Map scale
1:3424
Physical condition
MS, coloured on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8956046/

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