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'File 1/50 Office Routine' [77r] (153/206)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 31 Jan 1945-27 Nov 1950. 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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Extract from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume I,
pages ix-x
KUTi^ 01. TK^LIT^IIQN
Vowel
Sounds
a
has
the
sound
of a in
'woman'
•s
has
the
sound
of a in
•father'
e
has
the
vowel-sound in
'grey•
i
has
the
sound
of i in
'pin'
t
has
the
sound
of i in'police'
0
has
the
sound
of o in
'bone'
u
has
the
so una
of u in
'bull'
u
has
the
so una
of u in
'flute •
ai
has
the
vowel-sound in
'mine'
au
has
the
vowel-sound in
'house'
It should be stated that no attempt has been made
to distinguish between the long and short sounds of
e and o in the Dravidian languages, which possess the
vowel-sounds in •bet 1 and ^ot 1 in addition to those
given above. i^or has it been thought necessary to
mark vowels as long in cases where mistakes in ■
nunciation were not likely to be made.
Consonants
Most Indian languages have different forms for
a number of consonants, such as d, t, r, dc., marked
in scientific works by the use of dots or italics,
as the European ear distinguishes these with difficulty
in ordinary pronunciation it has been considered
undesirable to embarrass the reader with them; and only
two notes are required. In the first place, the
Arabic K, a strong guttural, has been represented by
k instead of q, which is often used, Secondly it
should be remarked that aspirated consonants are common;
and, in particular, dh and th (except in Burma) never have
the sound of th in ^his 1 or 'thin, but should be
pronounced as in 'woodhouse 1 and f boathook l ,
Burmese Words.
Burmese and some of the languages on the frontier
of China have the following special sounds
aw has the vowel-sound in 'law 1
and ti are pronounced as in German,
gy is pronounced almost like j in 'jewel 1
ky is pronounced almost like ch in 'church'
th is pronounced in some cases as in 'this,'
in some cases as in 'thin 1
w after a consonant has the force of uw.
Thus, ywa and pwe are disyllables,
pronounced as if written yuwa and puwe.
It should also be noted that, whereas in Indian
words the accent or stress is distributed almost equally
on each syllable, in Burmese there is a tendency to throw
special stress on the last syllable,
General
The names of some places - e,g, Calcutta, Bombay,
Lucknow, Cawnpore - have obtained a popular fixity of
spelling, while special forms have been officially
prescribed
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- Content
The file relates to office procedure, and changes to office procedure following transfer of supervisory responsibility to the Foreign Office.
The papers include a set of notes entitled 'Office Routine', compiled by the officiating Head Clerk of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, which give guidance on the treatment of all forms of correspondence, registration, filing, referencing, the administrative structure of the Bushire office, mails and telegrams, records, noting and drafting, typing section, forms of letters and memoranda, duties of the Telegram Clerk, and duties of the Despatch clerk, with covering letter suggesting that the notes should be circulated among staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, January 1945.
The file also contains papers relating to specimen forms and letters, April 1948; papers concerning the replacement by the Foreign Office of certain obsolete types of correspondence, September 1948; papers concerning terms to be used in establishing telegraphic priorities, May to June 1949; letter to the Foreign Office concerning the administrative workload of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain, August 1949; papers concerning Foreign Office instructions on the use of abbreviations in official documents, including telegrams, August 1949; correspondence from the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah on how to address certain Foreign Office departments, and the reorganisation of the Sharjah Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's filing system, October and November 1949; papers concerning regulations for the sending of telegrams, December 1949 to April 1950; correspondence from Cable and Wireless Limited, giving regulations and rates for telegrams, June to December 1950; correspondence concerning Foreign Office instructions laying down official spellings for Kuwait and Bahrain, and the use by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain of the Hunterian system for the transliteration of Arabic words and names, with the exception of Muscat and Oman, June to August 1950; and correspondence concerning the telegraphic address of the British Agent, Gwadur [Gwadar], November 1950.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (103 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 103 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1046
- Title
- 'File 1/50 Office Routine'
- Pages
- 76r:78r
- Author
- Aurousseau, Marcel
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