Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Exchanges Of Territory Documents.

The items listed below were transferred in 4 separate envelopes which have now been exchanged for archival envelopes. However, the original envelopes have been retained as some contain information additional to that which appears below. All items are photocopies of originals dated 1885-1959. Photocopy (2nd copy) of 'African No. 1154. Northern Rhodesia - Belgian Congo Boundary Commission and Proposals for Exchange of Territory Papers 1925-1937'. Filed as 2 parts. Total 185 pages. (41 x 34cm or smaller.). 2 photocopies of 'African No. 1163. Northern Rhodesia - Belgian Congo Boundary Commission and Proposals for Exchange of Territory Papers 1937-'. Some pages poorly legible. Also includes letters, memoranda and other related material. Total (2 copies) 304 pages. (41 x 34cm or smaller.). Used in the compilation of Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4044, 7 sheets at scale 1:250,000 dated 1941 filed at Maps X.6262, and G.S.G.S. 3998, 1 sheet at scale 1:250,000 dated 1933? of which an enlarged bromide at scale 1:200,000 dated 1938 is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3998.

The legal basis of the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-33 can be found at:. Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), pp.708-12. ; An overview and analysis of the Commission's work can be found at:. Donaldson, John, Wade, Marking Territory: Demarcation of the DRC-Zambia Boundary from 1894 to the Present Day. Doctoral thesis, Durham University - http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/328/ [accessed 28/01/2019]. ; An account of the boundary survey can be found at:. E.R.L. Peake, 'Northern Rhodesia: Belgian Congo Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 83 (1934), 263-77 and map after p.352

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