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175 x 152 mm. The caption continues, 'built by the Ifugaos, which are carved out of the mountainside, in the Mountain Province of central Luzon. Some 400 sq. kms of rice are cultivated in this area'.

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A collection of autograph letters with a list compiled by Bell. Those of particular interest include eight letters from Neville Chamberlain, whom Bell met in the Bahamas in 1895, and nine letters from Robert Dolbey, the army medical officer and Professor of Surgery at the University of Cairo, whom Bell appointed as his literary executor (circa 150 sheets).

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215 x 141 mm. View looking along the stone bridge across the River Pasig, with trams and horse cabs on the roadway.

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This diary records Bell's social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. It describes the latter part of his extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 in greater detail than RCMS 36/2/4 (509 pages).

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Slides 237-244 are copies of prints by Hiroshige.

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212 x 170 mm. General view of the port of Iloilo on Panay Island 290 miles SSE of Manila, with the Iloilo Strait and Guimaras Island in the background.

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214 x 141 mm. General view of the port of Iloilo on Panay Island 290 miles SSE of Manila, with the Iloilo Strait and Guimaras Island in the background.

Scope and Contents This file contains source material that Bell collected for the composition of his memoirs, drawn from his official career or travels during his retirement. It includes notes on memorable people, places and experiences, or subjects of particular interest. The file also preserves two poems by Bell, the text of a speech that he gave at a West Indian Club dinner in 1909, correspondence regarding his tour of the Far East during 1925-26, the text of a lecture ‘Some aspects of colonial...

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A view looking along an unidentified street in Manila with pedestrians and a pony trap in the roadway.

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215 x 138 mm. View looking along the bridge, seen here in the course of construction. The bridge crosses the River Pasig in two arms which meet at the tip of an island in the centre of the river (probably the Isla Convalecencia).

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215 x 133 mm. View looking along the Escolta, a commercial street busy with trams and small horse cabs.

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214 x 139 mm. View looking along the Escolta, a commercial street busy with trams and small horse cabs.

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215 x 167 mm. View looking over the buildings of the town towards the harbour, where sailing vessels are moored. The port is situated on Cebu Island on the Bohol Strait 350 miles south-est of Manila. Founded in 1565 as San Miguel, it was the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

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213 x 170 mm. View looking over the buildings of the town towards the harbour, where sailing vessels are moored. The port is situated on Cebu Island on the Bohol Strait 350 miles south-est of Manila. Founded in 1565 as San Miguel, it was the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

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200 x 152 mm.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.