1 item [enclosure with printed report of 9 September 1895 by Sercome Smith, barrister at law, which was transmitted in despatch no 123 of 24 November 1895] extracted from FO 228/1185 [f 253] map designation, Admiralty chart 1466 : map scale, 31680

Format:

Book

Government document

Manuscript

Contributor:

Great Britain. Foreign Office, issuing body.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

National Archives (Great Britain), owner.

Series:

Foreign Office, Consulate and Legation Files, China: 1830-1895

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Foreign Office.

China.

China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

[Place of production not identified] [producer not identified] 1843-1895

Summary:

'China. Hong Kong surveyed by Capt n. Sir Edward Belcher H.M. Surveying Ship Sulphur,1841. Commd r. A.M. Field, H.M. Surveying Ship Egeria 1891. Commd r. W.O. Moore, H.M. Surveying Ship Penguin 1892-3'. Key to abbreviations. Information on tides. Scale: 6 inches to 3 miles. Compass roses. Magnetic variation 1894. Inset: 'Tathong Channel Fotaumun Pass', surveyed by Lieutenants Balfour and Baker, RN, 1878, with corrections by A. M. Field, Commander RN, 1893. Engraved by J. and C. Walker. Published at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, 1st May 1843. Telegraphic determination of the position of Hong Kong Cathedral by Lt Cdr Green, United States Navy, 1881. Large corrections Dec 1883, 1889, 1892-3, Dec 1894; small corrections 1876-1893. Sold by J. D. Potter, 31 Poultry and 11 King Street, Tower Hill, London. Coloured MS additions illustrate the seizure of two junks in British waters by Chinese Customs in 1895

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MPK 1/148

Note that this map has been captured in two parts

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2025. Digitized from a copy held by the National Archives

Description based on publisher metadata (viewed February 24, 2025)

OCLC:

1501376472

Access Restriction:

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