Many features in the Egyptian Gazette were produced using boilerplates. This page’s database contains a complete set of these features, which are listed here in seven general categories:

• Cotton
• Other Commodities
• Stocks, Shares, and Finance
• Non-Financial
• Transportation
• Egyptian Gazette
• Non-templated recurring features

Use the menu on the right to find the templates you need. Use the links below, or consult the separate directories of XML files and image files. Copy and paste for standard-format features, then fill in the details that change from issue to issue. More instructions here.

Cotton

See also:

• Marché de Minet el Bassal
• Nolis

Alexandria General Produce Association (Cotton)

xml:id deg-el-agpc01	XML Template	Example: 1905-03-01
Full size image	Notes: Prepared by Jacob Baenen. Do not confuse with the Alexandria General Produce Association Weekly Report.	Earliest: 1905-03-01 Latest: 1907-06-19 Frequency: W Th F Tu S Rare/never: M

Administration des Domaines de l’Etat

xml:id deg-el-adde01	XML Template	Example: 1904-12-16
Full size image	Notes: Prepared by Rainey Sharrow.	Earliest: 1904-10-28 Latest: 1907-12-20 Frequency: F Rare/never: M T W Th S

Association des Courtiers en Marchandises

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-adcm01	XML template	Example: 1905-07-15
Full sized image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id deg-ta-adcm01	Earliest: 1905-02-01 Latest: 1907-01-28

Variant 2 (Réponse des Primes en Contrats)

xml:id deg-el-adcm02	XML Template	Example: 1907-04-02
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id deg-ta-adcm02	Earliest: 1905-03-01 Latest: 1907-04-02

Variant 3 (Special Service)

xml:id deg-el-acms01	XML Template	Example:
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: 1907-06-18

Bourse Khediviale

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-bokh01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: Latest:

Variant 2 (Cloture de la Bourse Khediviale)

xml:id deg-el-clbk01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Prepared by Brett Crawford	Earliest: Latest:

Coton

xml:id deg-el-cotn01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This item lists total exports of the previous month, and changes only once per month. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-cotn01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: 1907-06-18 Frequency: W Th M Tu F Rare/never: S

Cotons

xml:id deg-el-ctns01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-15
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-ctns01, deg-ta-ctns02	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: 1907-06-18 Frequency: Daily

Derniere Heure

xml:id deg-el-dehe01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-13
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-dehe1	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: 1907-06-18 Frequency: Daily

Exterieur

xml:id deg-el-extr01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1905-01-04 Latest: 1907-05-22 Frequency: Daily

Primes des Contrats

xml:id deg-el-pdco01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: It the figures in this table appear to remain constant over consecutive issues. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-pdco01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: 1907-04-24 Frequency: W Tu S M F Th

Reuter’s Telegrams

This table varies in lines from day to day. Sometimes too a list of Arrivals appears under the first (Liverpool) section. Certain days of the week contain weekly summaries–see variants 2 to 5 below.

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-reut01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-13
Full size image	Notes: This variant, the most basic, seems to apply to Tuesday and Thursday issues. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-reut01	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest: 1907-05-21

Variant 2 (Monday)

xml:id deg-el-reut01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-10
Full size image	Notes: This variant includes a lengthly summary of weekly sales under the first (Liverpool) section.

Variant 3 (Wednesday)

xml:id deg-el-reut01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This variant includes a 3-line London listing as its second section.

Variant 4 (Friday)

xml:id deg-el-reut01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-14
[Full size image	Notes: This variant includes Bank Returns under the fourth (London) section.

Variant 5 (Saturday)

xml:id deg-el-reut01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-15
[Full size image	Notes: This variant includes a summary of weekly sales under the third (New York) section.

Resume de la Situation Cotonniere

xml:id deg-el-rsco01	XML Template	Example: 1906-10-02
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1905-07-18 Latest: 1907-04-23 Frequency: Tu M W F S Th

Resume Mouvement Coton

xml:id deg-el-rmco01	XML Template	Example: 1907-04-01
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1906-07-27 Latest: 1907-04-01

Resume Mouvement Graines de Coton

no template as yet

Other Commodities

See also

• Association des Courtiers en Marchandises
• Bourse Khediviale
• Derniere Heure
• Exterieur

Alexandria General Produce Association Weekly Report

Variant 1 (early 1905)

xml:id alexandria-general-produce-weekly	XML Template	Example: 1905-02-24
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-agpa01. Always appears on Saturdays.	Earliest: 1905-01-07 Latest: 1905-05-13

Variant 2 (mid-1905)

xml:id alexandria-general-produce-weekly	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-14
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-agpa02. Always appears on Saturdays.	Earliest: 1905-05-20 Latest:

Arrivages a Minet-el-Bassal

xml:id deg-el-ameb01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-14
Full size image	Notes: This table lists the amount of cotton, cotton seed, and beans arriving on each day of the same month of the previous year. The table changes only twelve times per year, so can usually be copied wholesale. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-ameb01	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest: Frequency: W Tu Th F M Rare/never: S

Cereal Market

xml:id deg-el-cema01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes:At least one of the “Cereals in Boat” items changes from issue to issue: Barley Mariuti changes to Barley Shami. Keep an eye out for other changes. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id deg-ta-cema01, deg-ta-cema02	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest: Frequency: Most days, but not Feb-Nov 1906?

Coals

xml:id deg-el-coal01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-coal01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest:

Egyptian Markets, Limited

xml:id deg-el-egml01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-egml01	Earliest: Latest:

Egyptian Mining Market

xml:id deg-el-egmm01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes:It seems that the figures in this table are identical in some consecutive issues. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-egmm01	Earliest: Latest:

Marché de Minet el Bassal

xml:id deg-el-mmeb01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: The first table is sometimes empty (sans changement). In this case, use this xml template. “Exportations probable de la semaine” is sometimes absent. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-mmeb01, deg-ta-mmeb02,deg-ta-mmeb03,deg-ta-mmeb04,deg-ta-mmeb05,deg-ta-mmeb06,deg-ta-mmeb07,deg-ta-mmeb08,deg-ta-mmeb09	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest:

Nolis

xml:id deg-el-noli01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Sometimes doubled. See, for instance 1907-08-09, pps. 4 and 6, which have identical entries. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-noli01	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest:

Sucres

xml:id deg-el-sucr01	XML Template	Example: 1907-06-19
Full size image	Notes: This feature was previously integrated into March Minet el-Bassal.	Earliest: 1907-01-28 Latest:

Tarif d’Exportation

xml:id deg-el-tdex01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-tdex01	Earliest: Latest:

xml:id deg-el-tdex02	XML Template	Example: 1907-10-17
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-tdex02	Earliest: Latest:

Stocks, Shares, and Finance

See also:

• Reuter’s Telegrams

American Stocks & Shares

xml:id deg-el-amss01	XML Template	Example: 1906-04-30
Full size image	Notes: Prepared by Jonathan Morales Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-amss01	Earliest: 1906-02-24 Latest:

Bourse du Caire

xml:id deg-el-bduc01	XML Template	Example: 1907-04-01
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: November 1906 Latest:

London Stock Exchange

xml:id deg-el-lsex01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-lsex01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest:

Share List

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-shli01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-shli01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest: November 1906 (superceded by ssab01 and bduc01)

Variant 2

xml:id deg-el-shli02	XML Template	Example: 1906-07-02
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-shli01	Earliest: 1906-07-02 Latest:

Stocks and Shares

xml:id deg-el-stsh01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-stsh01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest:

Stocks and Shares Alexandria Bourse

xml:id deg-el-ssab01	XML Template	Example: 1907-04-02
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-ssab01	Earliest: November 1906 Latest:

Telegramme Havas

xml:id deg-el-teha01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-teha01	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest:

To-day’s Exchange quotations

xml:id deg-el-tdeq01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This feature often contains only a few changes from day to day. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-tdeq01	Earliest: 1905-01-03 Latest:

Non-Financial

Calendar of Coming Events

feature comingEvents	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-15
Full size image	Notes: This calendar changes each day, but most events appear in several issues of the paper. You can move rows of the table in previous and future issues around to save effort. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-coce01	Earliest: Latest:

Calendar of the Week

xml:id deg-el-cotw01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This feature changes only once per week. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-cotw01	Earliest: Latest:

Cheap Prepaid Advertisements

feature prepaidAdvertisements	XML Template (first lines only)	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Add each advertisement as a <div type="item"> within the section.	Earliest: Latest:

Claims against the Estate

xml:id deg-el-caet01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This feature contains consistent text around changing names and details.	Earliest: Latest:

Daily Weather Report

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-dawr01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-dawr01, deg-ta-dawr02, deg-ta-dawr03, deg-ta-dawr04	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest:

Variant 2

xml:id deg-el-dawr01	XML Template	Example: 1906-10-01
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-dawr01, deg-ta-dawr02, deg-ta-dawr03, deg-ta-dawr04	Earliest: Latest:

Variant 3

xml:id deg-el-dawr01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-dawr01, deg-ta-dawr02, deg-ta-dawr03, deg-ta-dawr04	Earliest: Latest:

Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd.

xml:id deg-el-etcl01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Be sure to change date (including <date when="">) in opening lines. Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-etcl01	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest:

Nile Gauge Readings

xml:id deg-el-nile01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-10
Full size image	Notes: This is a cumulative monthly table. Each day, a new line is added to the existing table. It is thus useful to work back from a copy of the end of the month’s table. Table xml:id deg-ta-nile01	Earliest: Latest:

Société Internationale des Employés d’Alexandrie Bureau de Placement

feature bureauPlacement	1905 XML Template (first and last lines only)	Example: 1905-07-15
bureauPlacement	1907 XML Template (first and last lines only)	1907-12-07
Full size image	Notes: Add each advertisement as a <p> within its section.	Earliest: Latest:

Weekly Postal Table

xml:id deg-el-wept01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Produced by John White Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-wept01	Earliest: Latest: Frequency: Saturdays only

Transportation

Alexandria Tramway

xml:id deg-el-rrat02	XML Template	Example: 1907-04-02
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-rrat02	Earliest: Latest:

Delta Light Railways Ltd

xml:id deg-el-dllr01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-dllr01, deg-ta-dllr02	Earliest: Latest:

Ramleh Railway Co, Alexandria Tramway Co

xml:id deg-el-rrat01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: Locate internal table(s) using the xml:id(s) deg-ta-rrat01, deg-ta-rrat02	Earliest: Latest:

Egyptian Gazette

Egyptian Gazette en vente

xml:id deg-el-egev01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: In the latter pages of the newspaper, we sometimes find a brief item explaining where and when the paper is sold.	Earliest: Latest:

Egyptian Gazette masthead

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-egpi01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This feature usually comes immediately after the “Subscriptions and Advertisements” feature on page 2, though sometimes other material is placed between them.	Earliest: 1905-01-02 Latest: 1906-08-27

Variant 2

xml:id deg-el-egpi02	XML Template	Example: 1906-10-03
Full size image	Notes: This feature usually comes immediately after the “Subscriptions and Advertisements” feature on page 2, though sometimes other material is placed between them.	Earliest: 1906-08-28 Latest:

Egyptian Gazette Subscriptions and Advertisements

Variant 1

xml:id deg-el-egsa01	XML Template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1905-06-05 Latest: 1905-11-07

Variant 2

xml:id deg-el-egsa02	XML Template	Example: 1905-11-08
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1905-11-08 Latest:

Variant 3

xml:id deg-el-egsa03	XML Template	Example: 1904-10-24
Full size image	Notes:	Earliest: 1904-10-24 Latest: 1905-06-03

Vade Mecum for the Homeward Bound

1904-1905 Variant

xml:id tba	XML Template	Example: 1905-03-10
Full size image	Notes: Two-page version.	Earliest: 1905-03-10 Latest:

1905-06 Variant

xml:id deg-el-vmhb01	XML Template	Example: 1905-12-05
Full size image	Notes: This full-page vacation advertising section features on the seventh page of many issues between December 1905 and April 1906. This example, from December 5, 1905, was produced by Samantha Lappin. Variations from issue to issue appear to be minor. Individual ads are not given their own xml:ids, because they are consistently repeated.	Earliest: 1905-12-01-p5 Latest: 1906-04-06?

1906-07 Variant

xml:id deg-el-vmhb02	XML Template	Example: 1906-12-31
Full size image	Notes: This full-page vacation advertising section features on the seventh page of many issues between December 1906 and April 1907. Individual ads are not given their own xml:ids, because they are consistently repeated.	Earliest: 1906-12-?? Latest: 1907-04-??

1907-08 Variant

xml:id deg-el-vmhb03	XML Template	Example: 1908-01-28
Full size image	Notes: This full-page vacation advertising section features on the seventh page of many issues between December 1907 and April 1908. Individual ads are not given their own xml:ids, because they are consistently repeated.	Earliest: 1907-12-?? Latest: 1908-04-??

Non-templated recurring features

The content of these items changes completely from issue to issue, so they should be OCRed. They are listed here to show the desired format for optimal search discoverability.

Bulletin de la Bourse

feature bulletinBourse	No template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This text must be OCRed	Earliest: Latest:

Claims against the Estate

feature claimsEstate	XML Format example	Example: 1905-07-11
Full size image	Notes: Change name, rank, post, and dates	Earliest: Latest:

Export Manifests

feature exportManifests	No template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This item is unique in each issue. Use OCR, and when formatting ensure that each line is its own <p>. No further formatting required	Earliest: Latest:

Mouvement Maritime / Shipping Movements

feature shippingMovements	No template	Example: 1905-07-12
Full size image	Notes: This item is unique in each issue. Use OCR, and when formatting ensure that each line is its own <p>, and preserve the punctuation pattern (which is regular).	Earliest: Latest: