The ABC universal commercial electric telegraphic code |
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accepted advise American arrival Australian average bond Banking Company bill of lading bill(s Birmingham Boiler bottomry Brazil Canal Cancel Cape Captain cargo cent charter party claim(s Coal CODENO CODE WORD condition consignment crew crop Cuba damaged debenture stock deck delivery demurrage discharge Document(s drysalted Dunnage Dutch engineer English expected finished Fire forward freight further advice give Glasgow guaranteed Hoshama Illogan immediately India Iron lay days Limited British Limited London Lisbon Liverpool Loan Marine mark(s Mauritius Mazagan Mekonah mo ao mo Mogadore month mortgage obtain offer ordinary paid passengers Penang port preference perpetual preference stock present prices rates quantity Railway recover redeemable remittance(s reported sailing vessel salted sample(s Scottish season secured sell Send sent shares Ship's Gear shipment sold soon as possible Staffordshire Steam sterling supplies telegram Telegraph to-day to-morrow Tranship Union valves wait Water week
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Page i - Author has kept in view. With regard to SIMPLICITY, every sentence is identified with and represented by a single Code word. This is the simplest and easiest possible method for any Telegraphic Code. The ECONOMY of using this Code will be seen at a glance. Very frequently a single Code word represents a complete message, and in other cases a Code word would represent from four or five to upwards of twenty ordinary words. The saving effected on a single foreign message would therefore in many cases...
Page ii - ... message between two persons can be made absolute even though any other person may have every command of the telegram and of the contents of the volume. Every sentence is identified with a Code Number of five figures to be found in I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 O, which can be represented by a word, sentence, or group of...
Page 128 - H ,000,000 and does not exceed. . . * 30 shillings 50 shillings 2 per cent 3 per cent 4 per cent 4* per cent 5 per cent 5* per cent...
Page ii - It will be seen thereby that the number of possible variations is practically unlimited ; consequently, the choice of a Code of ten letters is also unlimited, their great variety admitting of frequent changes if necessary ; in fact, the change might be made for every message, or every hour, by agreed arrangement, and thus the absolute secrecy of the Code maintained.
Page vi - V respectively, which are by some methods of telegraphy frequently made to do duty (or each other. (Take any 10 letters reading from left to right, or from right to left.) * Only a small proportion of the power of manipulating the alphabet, commencing with letter A, is given on these two pages ; and if extended until the letter was exhausted, there would be some thousands of changes ; if the other 25 letters were treated upon same principle, the number of illustrations would be almost unlimited.
Page 56 - Our imports are very extensive Our imports are very small Imports are large Imports will increase shortly Imports will fall off shortly Imports are now increasing Imports are now decreasing What are the imports this year What were the imports last year...
Page 60 - Cannot advise the investment you mention The investment mentioned is considered first class The investment mentioned is considered very bad The investment mentioned is considered fair The investment was made according to instructions The investment was not made according to instrucI (we) will take share(s) in investment [tions January.
Page 80 - If you can get any good parcels Make the parcels as large as possible Make the parcels as small as possible Divide into equal parcels I (we) will forward in equal parcels I (we) will buy in equal parcels Parliament.
Page 53 - Higher. Do not think it (they) will go any higher Strongly think it (they) will go higher May probably go a little higher Will undoubtedly go higher Is (are) higher than last advices Is (are) higher than last sale Hire.
Page 108 - Shipment can be made by the Shipment per first steamer Shipment per first sailing vessel Shipment...