Letters, telegrams, proposal drafts, notes, and sketch map, 1904-1905, n.d.

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/2, item 8

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(fols. 1-18) letters and telegrams (coded and decoded) from Gedge, chiefly to Pauling, W.B. Hardy, Smith Mackenzie Co., and other associates about business projects in East Africa, 25 Aug 1904-6 Oct 1904
(fols. 30-37) draft of proposals from Gedge to H.M.'s Commissioner about a Uganda railway extension (a copy of the letter forms MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/1, folder 3, fols. 35-40), 7 Dec 1905
(fols. 38-44) notes on the suggested Uganda railway scheme 'for elaboration in a future report...', n.d.
(fol. 45) sketch map of the proposed railway section Londiani - Gondokoro, n.d.
(fol. 45a) sketch map of the Jubaland and Tanaland (Tana River area, Kenya) coast, which is clipped to fol. 45, n.d.

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/2, item 8

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