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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [75br] (154/483)
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 offiees viz. Baghdad, (Hoad Office), Baghdad Cant.
Baghdad West, Maqil, Siba, Sidaiman 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 I 5 00
and 1 7.00 on Fridays and Holidays
Amarah, Arbil, Diwaniyah, Hillah, Karbala, Khanaqin, Kir
kuk, Kut, Kuwail, Nasiriyah, Ramadi.
295—Responsibility of Post and Telegraph Department
tor 1 ransmission and Delivery of Telegrams - The Director
General of Posts and Telegraphs is not liable for any loss or damage
U'hich may be incurred or sustained by reason or on account of any
mist'ike or default in the transmission-or delivery of a, telegram.
INLAND TELEGRAMS.
296. —Classes of Telegrams.
, , Ordinary. 7he change is IP. 1 for the first 8 words including the
address, and 2 anna ; for every add it It) naTworfT
Urgent. I he charge is Bs. 2 for the first 8 words including the
address, and 4 annas for every additional word,
297. —Counting : Compound Words, Proper Names, Figures
Abbreviations, etc.
Clause 297.
(Page 123)
Insert in line No. 6 after the word telegram :
Except when complying with the rule for code telegrams as defined
below.
'■ u ui u - 1 ^ 11 ” j ■ ■ i »■ • ■ » • ^. —
warehouse-man ’’ no combinations of words is counted as one word.”
Such abbreviations as “ can’t ”,
could’nt ”, are counted as single word.
won’t “ don’t ’’ “ shan’t ”
(2) Figures are counted at the rate of five figures to a
d. —For example, “ 38563 ’’ counts as one word, while “385634 ’’
word
counts as two words.
Fractions are counted according to the number
of figures employed, the mark of division being counted as a figure—
thus “ ^ ’’ counts as one word, “ 2| ” as one, “ 109£ ’’ as two. In
groups of figures a stop or oblique stroke is counted as a figure. The
symbol % is chargeable as three figures when used in combination with
figures and as one word when used alone. The symbols a/c, b/l, s/s,
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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- 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