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Canton-Hankow Railway. (Sam Shui Branch). T.W.G. Bryan Major R[oyal] G[arrison] A[rtillery] Canton, 20th June 1904
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Shows the route of the railway line between Canton (廣州) and Samshui (三水) in Kwangtung province (廣東). Relief is indicated in red ink. The two sheets (b & c) cover respectively, the Canton to Fatshan (佛山), and the Fatshan to Samshui sections of the line. Sheet (b) includes an inset showing She...
'Chih-Li Province [直隸省] outside the Great Wall' - War Office ledger 'Reduction of original plane-table route traverses by Lieut: [H.J.] Doveton 21st Punjabis and Sepoy Hussain Khan 30th Punjabis June-July 1904. Prepared in the Intelligence Branch North China Command - August 1904'
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Coverage is centred on the southern end of the Greater Khingan Range (大興安嶺), extending from the northern suburbs of Peking (北京), through northern Chihli to the adjacent part of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古). Shows hydrology, settlements and roads, and includes a graticule. Topographical features are in E...
A map of part of Manchuria, issued by the Department of the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army in Manchuria (滿洲軍總司令部).
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Covers Kirin (吉林) province and south-eastern Heilungkiang (黑龍江). Shows settlements, roads, railways and international boundaries. Relief and hydrology is limited to areas adjacent to lines of communication. The sheets are numbered 1 to 9, and bear the sheet titles Tieh ling (鐵嶺), Chao-yang-chang ...
'Pei-Han Railway survey.' - War Office ledger. Surveyed by Havildar Tilbir Bhandari, 9th Gurkhas, Jemadar Nur Khan, 9th Hodson's Horse, and Lance Naik Hussein Khan, 30th Punjabis.
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Covers the route of the railway line from Peking (北京) to Hankow (漢口). Shows adjacent roads, settlements and hydrology. Some sheets also show adjacent relief. Indicates railway stations, and 666 numbered bridges. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation
Relates to items sent to the War Office, London by Intelligence Branch, Simla in March 1905. The 10 listed items were allocated respectively to Material. China. nos. 127-136. The file comprises the list and the covering letter.