'File 15/23 LIST OF HOLDERS OF INDIAN WORD CODE ETC & RULES RELATING THERETO.' [64v] (140/686)
The record is made up of 1 file (298 folios). It was created in 1 Apr 1924-3 Oct 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Name.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA—comd.
Distributiffia
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND LABOUR.
Metallurgical Inspector, Jamshedpur .. , ..
Chief Inspector of Explosives in India. Calcutta .. • •
Superintendent, Government Central Branch Press, Simla
Deputy Superintendent, Government Printing. India, Delhi
Controller of Patents and Designs, Calcutta
Superintendent of Local Manufactures and Government Test House, Calcutta
Northern India Salt Revenue Department-.
Assistant Commissioner, Sambhar Lake Division
Executive Engineer, Sambhar Lake Division
Assistant Commissioner, Pachbadra Division
Assistant Commissioner, Kohat Salt Mines Division
Assistant Commissioner, Khewr.i .. .. ..
General Manager, Salt mines, Khewra
Assistant Cotnnrssionec, A-gra ,.
Assistant Commissioner, Ghazipur ..
Superintendent, Didwana .. • ..
Superintendent, Warcha
Superintendent, Kalabagh .. .. ..
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Accountant General, Central Provinces
Audit Officer, Delhi Province ,. .. .. .. ,.
Chief Examiner of Military Works Accounts
Comptroller, Assam ..
Accountant General, Posts and Telegraphs
Accountant General, Railways
Chief Auditor, North-Westem Railway
Chief Auditor, Eastern Bengal Railway .. .. „.
Chief Auditor, Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, South Indian Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Great Irtdian Peninsula Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Rail-
way.
Government Examiner of Accounts, Rohilkhand Kumaon Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Bengal and North-Western Railway
| Government Examiner of Accounts, East Indian Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Bengal-Nagpur Railway
Government Examiner of Accounts, Burma Railways
Government Examiner of Accounts, Assam-Bengal Railway
Audit Officer, Khyber Railway Construction
Audit Officer, Delhi (new Capital), R. W. S.
Deputy Controller of the Currency, Delhi
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POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
Director, Telegraph Engineering, Eastern Circle, Calcutta..
Director, Telegraph Engineering, Northern Circle, Lahore
Director, Telegraph Engineering, Southern Circle, Madras
Director, Telegraph Engineering, United Provinces Circle, Lucknow
Director, Telegraph Engineering, Western Circle, Bombay
Controller of Telegraph Stores, Calcutta
Postmaster-General, Bengal and Assam Circle, Calcutta ..
Postmaster-General and Director, Telegraph Engineering, Burma Circle,
Rangoon.
Postmaster-General, Central Circle, Nagpur ..
Postmaster-General, Bihar and Orissa Circle, Patna
Postmaster-'General, United Provinces Circle. Lucknow .. .. . j
Deputy Postmaster-General, Railway Mail Service, Eastern Circle, Calcutta ..
Deputy Postmaster-General, Railway Mail Service, Northern Circle/Ambala..
Deputy Postmaster-General, Railway Mail Service, Western Circle, Poona
Deputy Postmaster General, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, Karachi
ARMY DEPARTMENT.
Army Department Secretariat ,. .. .. .. ., 2
General Staff Branch (including Intelligence Officers) .. .. .. 18
Adjutant General's Branch (including Medical Directorate) .. .. 5
Quartermaster General's Branch (including Military Works Directorate) ,. 16
Deputy Director, Veterinary Services, Northern Command .. .. 1
Deputy Director, Veterinary Services, Southern Command .. .. 1
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Eastern Command .. .. 1
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Western Command .. .. 1
Deputy Assistant Director, Veterinary Services, Peshawar District.. ,. 1.,
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The file contains supplements listing amendments, additions and cancellations to entries in the Indian Word Code 1924 and also to the distribution lists for both the Indian Word Code 1924 (IWC) and the Government Telegraph Code 1922, as follows:
- Supplement nos. 31-61, dated 1927-1928, to the ‘List of holders of the Indian Word Code 1924’;
- Supplements nos. 3-90, dated 1928-1933, to the ‘First edition of the Permanent Supplement to the Sixth edition of the Indian Word Code 1924’;
- Two copies of ‘B. List ii. Distribution of Economical Code for use in Inland State Telegrams’, 1922;
- Correction memoranda nos. 1-17, dated 1924-1926, to the ‘Distribution List (B) of Economical Code (now called New Indian Word Code, 6th edition, 1924) for use in Inland State Telegrams’;
- Several correction slips, dated 1928, 1929, 1932 regarding the distribution in India of the ‘List of Holders of the Government Telegraph Code 1922’.
These regular updates were issued by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London and then widely circulated to Government of India departments and offices by the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. The Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. forwarded copies to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others, so that Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. clerks could make the necessary alterations to the Agency’s office copy of the Indian Word Code and related distribution lists.
Indian code words were made available to designated I.W.C. holders for use in certain official communications. Code words could be substituted for and replace the names of Government of India post holders, departments and external organisations. Code words were also used to communicate a specific instruction, such as a particular action to be carried out by the recipient.
The file also contains a few circular letters and correspondence as follows :
- Several circular letters dated 1930-1933, from the British Legation, Jeddah and other British and Indian Government departments and offices, about cancellations or changes to their telegraphic addresses in the Government Telegraph Code;
- A telegram from The Imperial and International Communications Ltd, Head Office, Karachi to the Officer in Charge of its Wireless Station at Bahrain and a memorandum from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain to the Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , both dated 1931, about the telegraphic address for the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , in view of the company’s withdrawal of free services for British and Indian Government telegraphic addresses from 1 January 1932.
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- 1 file (298 folios)
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File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by one folio of file notes (folio 299).
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Fold out folios: 61-73, 89-93, 95-111, 114-115 and 118-119.
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- Title
- 'File 15/23 LIST OF HOLDERS OF INDIAN WORD CODE ETC & RULES RELATING THERETO.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:61v, 61ar:61av, 62r:62v, 62ar:62dv, 63r:63v, 63ar:63av, 64r:64v, 64ar:64av, 65r:65v, 65ar:65av, 66r:66v, 66ar:66av, 67r:67v, 67ar:67av, 68r:68v, 68ar:68av, 69r:69v, 69ar:69av, 70r:72v, 72ar:72bv, 73r:73v, 73ar:73bv, 74r:89v, 89ar:89av, 90r:90v, 90ar:90av, 91r:91v, 91ar:91av, 92r:92v, 92ar:92av, 93r:93v, 93ar:93av, 94r:96v, 96ar:96bv, 97r:97v, 97ar:97av, 98r:98v, 98ar:98av, 99r:101v, 101ar:101bv, 102r:102v, 102ar:102bv, 103r:103v, 103ar:103av, 104r:108v, 108ar:108ev, 109r:109v, 109ar:109bv, 110r:110v, 110ar:110av, 111r:111v, 111ar:111av, 112r:115v, 115ar:115av, 116r:118v, 118ar:118av, 119r:119v, 119ar:119bv, 120r:195v, 196v:299v, back-i, back
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