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3 items extracted from CO 885/5/24. 3 maps of Western Samoa. (2) Upolu Island. Map of 'The Neutral Territory of Apia' showing the boundaries of the neutral territory and the Municipality. Coloured to show ownership of land. Scale: 1 inch to 60 chains. Compass indicator. (3) Map of Upolu Island and (inset) map of Savaii Island, showing rivers and settlements. Reference keys to each map and lengthy explanatory notes on land ownership and cultivation. Scales: Upolu Island: 1 inch to approx 2 sea miles; Savaii Island: 1 inch to approx 7 sea miles. (4) Map of Savaii Island with reference key to land ownership. Scale: 1 inch to approx 2 nautical miles. All lithographed by Dangerfield, 22 Bedford Street, Covent Garden. Originally enclosures 4, 40 and 14 respectively in the report upon the condition of the Samoan Islands by Acting High Commissioner J B Thurston, CMG, to the Right Honourable E Stanhope MP, October 1886. Dimensions (2) 32.3 cm x 135.1 cm; (3) 32.3 cm x 61 cm; (4) 32.8 cm x 61 cm.
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The National Archives >> Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office >> Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series of records of the Colonial Office >> 4 items extracted from CO 885/5. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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- Latin