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These letters are largely a record of Cameron's domestic arrangements and social life, with some mention of his work inspecting or supervising the construction of roads, bridges, buildings, lighthouses, and the harbour and defences of Singapore. They also briefly describe his appointment as president of a commission set up in 1890-91 to advise upon the supply of labour. The letters from 1891 narrate a visit to China and Japan (circa 250 sheets).

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248 x 192 mm General view along the tree lined street.

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242 x 194 mm. Duplicate in monochrome of Y302A/115. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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237 x 189 mm. View showing a river running through a maple wood, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

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265 x 207 mm. View looking along the Minatogawa River which separates the town of Kobe and Hyogo, with the stone bridge in the background.

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242 x 194 mm. View looking along the Yokohama road towards Mississippi Bay. Similar view to Y3030A/62. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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262 x 205 mm. View from a hill looking back along a road towards the coast, with a settlement of houses on the bay below. A Japanese tea house stands beside the road in the right foreground. See also Y3039A/62.

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262 x 205 mm. View from a hillside road looking down onto Mississippi Bay near Yokohama.

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248 x 192 mm. View overlooking Mississippi Bay near Yokohama, with a man pulling a rickshaw on the road in the foreground.

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261 x 209 mm. View looking towards the houses of Miyanoshita, perched on the wooded hillsides of the Hakone Mountains. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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269 x 210 mm. General view looking along the moat, with a single arched stone bridge crossing it in the background.

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270 x 209 mm. Duplicate of Y3077C/61.

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249 x 192 mm. General view looking along the moat.

Scope and Contents This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...

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263 x 205 mm. Close up view of a carving of the Three Wise Monkeys. See also Y3021/159.

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770 x 209 mm (three prints joined). Panoramic view of Nagasaki looking down onto the town and harbour from the hills. With a Japanese cemetery in the foreground.

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242 x 193 mm. View of part of the battlements of Nagoya Castle, 90 miles ENE of Osaka on the shore of Ise Bay. The castle was built in 1612 by Ieyasa, punder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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277 x 211 mm. Europeans and Japanese posed outside the building.

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100 x 205 mm. (vignetted oval). Full length portrait of a young man dressed in European suit with tailcoat, top hat and white gloves.

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A series of articles from the magazine ‘Illustrated’ and the newspapers ‘SEAC’, ‘The Malayan Times’ and ‘The Straits Times’ reporting the surrender of Japan and the treatment of military and civilian internees. These were collected by Weekley during Sept. 1945.

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263 x 202 mm. View looking along the unsurfaced road up the hill, lined with Japanese houses and cherry trees in blossom.

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264 x 205 mm. Similar to Y3039A/59.