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'Road Survey from Shun-te Fu [順德府] Railway Station to Ho-shun Hsien [和順縣], with Plan. Surveyed by Naik Vishnu Gaode, 117th Mahrattas'
Scope & Content:
The map (sheets 1, 2, & 3) shows a route from Shunteh, Chihli (直隸) to Hoshun, Shansi (山西) at a scale of 1:42,240, indicating hydrology, numbered settlements and local relief. The map is drawn in 2 sections on each sheet. The scale given on the sheets (1 inch to 1 mile) is incorrect.The plan (...
Route traversed, by Lieut. R.N. Phillips, 1st Chinese Regiment, and Havildar Marisami, 88 Carnatic Infantry, December, 1905.
Scope & Content:
Shows a route from Tang-ku, Chihli (唐沽, 直隸) to Chefoo, Shantung (芝罘, 山東), indicating, on the line of the route, places and hydrology. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles transliteration. Drawn in 2 sections on each sheet.
'Pekin Syndicate Railways General Plan Tao Kou [道口] to Ke Ta-Pu [not identified]'.
Scope & Content:
Cover extends 10 miles west of Paishan (柏山) to the Tan River (丹河). Ke Ta-pu is shown as a temple on a hill half a mile east of the River. Shows hydrology, settlements, routes, and the line of the railway with stations. The western extension shows relief with contours. Place-names are given in ...
'Pekin Syndicate R[ailwa]ys. Reduced from Working Section Tao Kou [道口] to Pai Shan [柏山]'.
Scope & Content:
Shows the railway as a straight line with mileage, gradients, culverts, level crossings, stations, and fu (府) boundaries. Place-names are given in non-standard romanisation.
'Ju-ning Fu [汝𡨴府] to Kai-feng Fu [開封府] via [Chen-chou Fu (陳州府)] & Kuei-ti Fu [歸德府]'. Surveyed by Naik Shiv Dyal Singh and Lt C.D. Webster, 30th Punjab Infantry.