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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [75ar] (152/483)
The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in c 1930-c 1939. 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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Inland Telegrams
123
Note 1.— Certain offices viz. Baghdad, (Head Office), Baghdad Cant,
Baghdad West, Maqil, Siba, Snlaiman Baig and Tuz observe
Sunday in lieu of Friday as a Holiday.
Note 2. In addition to the normal Friday and Holiday working hours
the following offices are opened between the hours of 15.00
and 17.00 on Fridays and Holidays :—
Amarah, Arbil, Diwaniyah, Hillah, Karbala, Khanaqin, Kir
kuk, Kut, Kuwail, Nasiriyah, Ramadi.
295.—Responsibility of Post and Telegraph Department
for Transmission and Delivery of Telegrams — The Director
General of Posts and Telegraphs is not liable for any loss or damage
which may be incurred or sustained by reason or on account of any
mistake or default in the transniission-or delivery of a telegram.
INLAND TELEGRAMS.
('Clause 297).
Page l2;i
Add the following : —
I. Definition of code telegrams,— In inland service a code
telegram means a telegram of which the text is composed of...
(a) artificial words, or
(b) real words not used with the meaning normally assigned to them
in the language to which they belong and consequently not
forming intelligible phrases, in one or more of the languages
authorised for telegraphic correspondence in plain language, or
(c) a mixture of real words and artificial words.
Artifical words constructed for the purposes of this rule, must not
contain the accented letters, a, a, a, e, n, 6, ii.
II. Charges and counting —-There is only one class of code tele
gram in inland service.
(a) Code words must contain at least one vowel if they comprise not
more than 5 letters, at least two vowels if they comprise 6, 7 or
8 letters and at least three vowels if they comprise 9 or 10
letters. In words of more than 5 letters one vowel at least
must be in the first 5 letters and at least one vowel in the rest
of the word, subject, in the case of words of 9 or 10 letters to a
minimum of three vowels in all. The vowels are a. e. i. o. u. y.
The groups ae, aa, ao, oe, ue, ch in the code words will be
counted as two letters each.
Groups which do not fulfil the conditions above will be classed as letter
cipher and charged accordingly
About this item
- Content
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq.
Key chapters in the volume cover:
- Inland post
- Foreign post
- Foreign parcel post
- Money orders
- Official post articles
- Railway post letters
- Telegraphs.
There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These contain amendments suggested to the parcel postage section; their author and date are unknown.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (229 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged into eight sections. Contents pages (ff 6-9) lists the chapters, and refer to page numbers.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
- Title
- 'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20r, 20ar, 20v:24r, 24ar, 24v, 25ar, 25r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 75r:80v, 81ar, 81r, 81av, 81v, 82ar, 82r, 82av, 82v:140r, 140ar, 140v, 141ar, 141r, 141av, 141v, 142ar, 142r:156r, 156ar, 156v, 157ar, 157r:159v, 160ar, 160r, 160av, 160v:199v, 200ar, 200r, 200av, 200v:231v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence