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Road Reports in the Han & Yangtze Valleys. China - 1904. By Capt. E.W.S. Mahon, R.E.
Scope & Content:
Relates to journeys in a region on the borders of Hupeh [胡北], Shensi [陝西], and Szechwan [四川] provinces. Describes local topography and economy and with information on settlements and towns, providing a detailed narrative of the routes: Lao-ho-k'ou [老河口] to P'ing-li Hsien [平利縣]; P'ing-li Hsien to...
'Route Series.' - War Office ledger. Surveyed by Havildars Mada Ram, 44th Gurkhas, and Sheikh Abdul, 28th Bombay Pioneers, and G.W. Hunter, Captain, R.E.
Route surveys showing 2 journeys through Honan ( 河南) and south-central Shensi (陕西) Provinces. The War Office ledger gives 'Col. Manifold' as the author
Route surveys Szechwan (四川) Province. Surveyed by Havildar Mada Ram 44th Gurkhas and Captain G.W. Hunter R.E.
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Shows routes principally in central and eastern Szechwan. The sheets are arranged in 2 sets, numbered by the War Office as 1 to 12, and 13 to 19. The first set commences at Shihchuan (石泉) and terminates at Ichang (宜昌), following routes passing Pachow (巴州), Chungking (重慶), Chengtu (成都), Suining (...
'China. Province of Ssu-chuan.' 'Published under the direction of [...] Surveyor General of India. October 1903.' Surveyed by Havildars Mada Ram, 44th Gurkhas, and Sheikh Abdul, 28th Bombay Pioneers, and G.W. Hunter, Captain, R.E.
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Relates to the journeys covered by CHI/93/3. Shows, along the lines of the routes, relief, hydrology, and settlements. Place-names are given in simplified Wade-Giles romanisation.
Shows hydrology, major settlements, telegraph lines, and major administrative divisions. Place-names are given in Chinese characters, with the exception of the names of adjacent provinces, which are given in Latin script.
The sheets are numbered 1 to 59, with a sheet 8A. The set wants the following sheets covering the southern extremities of the Province: 43, 49, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 59. Shows pictorial relief, hydrology, routes, and settlements. Place-names are given in Chinese characters. Each settlement is...
The lists provide a key, in Wade-Giles romanisation, to 52,886 place names as numbered on respective map sheets held at CHI/133/1. Some of the lists bear the endorsement 'Student of the South Gate' together with the romanised name of the transliterator.