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'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.
'Kai-feng Fu [開封府] to Lin-ching Chou [臨青州] via Tung-ming Hsien [東明縣] & Tung-chang Fu [東昌府]'. Surveyed by Naik Shiv Dayal Singh and Lt C.D. Webster, 30th Punjab Infantry.
Scope & Content:
Shows a route taken in northern Honan [河南] and western Shantung [山東], also indicating hydrology, and settlements, which are numbered with reference to a name list not present on transfer. The map is drawn in 8 sections on the 2 sheets.
'Wen Hsien [溫縣] to Sung Hsien [嵩縣] via Meng Hsien [孟縣] & Ho-nan Fu [河南府]'. Surveyed by Havildar Man Singh, 37th Dogra Infantry and Lt C.D. Webster, 30th Punjab Infantry