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'Notes by General Pereira' on the stages of the journey from Chamdo (昌都) to Tibet.
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Discusses the verification of Tibetan place-names with reference to other contemporary authorities and provides additional narrative for this part of the journey. The typescript bears significant manuscript annotations and corrections, also 3 sketch maps.
The lists provide in tabular format: the stage of the journey; the name in Tibetan script; Pereira's romanisation; and corrections by F.M. Bailey. The places listed relate to the stages of the journey between Chamdo (昌都) and Lhasa (拉薩). The corrections, and the Tibetan script are manuscript.
Shows the routes of aerial, underground, and submarine electric power cables on 2 copies of the same base map. The base map is dated 1924; the power lines were added in 1926.
Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Plan of Main Line
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Comprises a plan with a gradient profile. Gives distances in miles, gradients as fractions, and shows numbered cuttings, tunnels and bridges, and station names. Includes two tables providing technical data on cuttings and tunnels, and bridges. This section of the line runs from the terminus at Ts...
Hong Kong – Kowloon 1:10,000 plan. (Re-adjustment of grid lines).
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The maps relate to the built-up areas along the northern margin of Hong Kong Island, and the Kowloon Peninsula south of Mong Kok.The material was produced to illustrate a possible gridding error on a new map. The scale statement applies to the 2 manuscript sheets.