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Plane table surveys covering the course of the Huai River from Showchow (壽州) to Hungtze Lake (洪澤湖), and thence to the Grand Canal (大運河). Shows hydrology, local relief and terrain, settlements, and observation lines.
'Rough Tracing from China Inland Mission Map to show work done in 1907-08 which comes into W.O. map of Province of An-Hui [安徽]'. Signed 'H.R. Davies Major G.S. N. China Command'.
Scope & Content:
Covers eastern China. Shows the Yangtze Kiang and the coastline, the routes followed by survey parties, and the extent of the War Office map of An-hui. Includes surveys in provinces adjacent to An-hui.
Memorandum by H.R. Davies, Major, General Staff Officer, North China Command addressed to section M.O.3(D) War Office, covering the despatch of two maps relevant to the compilation of the War Office map of the Province of An-hui [安徽].
Scope & Content:
The two maps were Mat.China. 311. and Mat.China. 312. The War Office ledger entry for 311 bears the annotation 'Destroyed on recommendation from draftsman'.