Templates

Many features in the Egyptian Gazette were produced using boilerplates. This page’s database contains a complete set of these features. Use the images and links to text 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.

List of Templates

I Cotton
II Other Commodities
III Stocks, Shares, and Finance
IV Non-Financial
V Transportation
VI Egyptian Gazette
VII Non-templated recurring features

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I Cotton

See also:

Alexandria General Produce Association (Cotton)

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-03-01
xml:id `deg-el-agpc01`	XML Template
	Notes: Prepared by Jacob Baenen.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-03-01	Latest encoded instance: 1907-06-19

Association des Courtiers en Marchandises

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-15
xml:id `deg-el-adcm01`	XML template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-02-01	Latest encoded instance: 1907-01-28

Variant 2 (Réponse des Primes en Contrats)	Example date: 1907-04-02
xml:id `deg-el-adcm02`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-03-01	Latest encoded instance: 1907-04-02

Variant 3 (Special Service)	Example date:
xml:id `deg-el-acms01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance: 1907-06-18

Coton

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-cotn01`	XML Template
	Notes: This item lists total exports of the previous month, and changes only once per month.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance: 1907-06-18

Cotons

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-15
xml:id `deg-el-ctns01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance: 1907-06-18

Derniere Heure

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-13
xml:id `deg-el-dehe1`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance: 1907-06-18

Exterieur

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-extr01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-04	Latest encoded instance: 1907-05-22

Primes des Contrats

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-pdco01`	XML Template
	Notes: It the figures in this table appear to remain constant over consecutive issues.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance: 1907-04-24

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	Example date: 1905-07-13
xml:id `deg-el-reut01`	XML Template
	Notes: This variant, the most basic, seems to apply to Tuesday and Thursday issues.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance: 1907-05-21

Variant 2 (Monday)	Example date: 1905-07-10
xml:id `deg-el-reut01`	XML Template
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Variant 3 (Wednesday)	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-reut01`	XML Template
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Variant 4 (Friday)	Example date: 1905-07-14
xml:id `deg-el-reut01`	XML Template
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Variant 5 (Saturday)	Example date: 1905-07-15
xml:id `deg-el-reut01`	XML Template
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Resume de la Situation Cotonniere

Variant 1	Example date: 1906-10-02
xml:id `deg-el-rsco01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-07-18	Latest encoded instance: 1907-04-23

Resume Mouvement Coton

Variant 1	Example date: 1907-04-01
xml:id `deg-el-rmco01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1906-07-27	Latest encoded instance: 1907-04-01

II Other Commodities

See also

Alexandria General Produce Association

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-14
xml:id `deg-el-agpa01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Arrivages a Minet-el-Bassal

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-14
xml:id `deg-el-ameb01`	XML Template
	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.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Cereal Market

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-cema01`	XML Template
	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.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Coals

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-coal01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance:

Egyptian Markets, Limited

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egml01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Egyptian Mining Market

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egmm01`	XML Template
	Notes:It seems that the figures in this table are identical in some consecutive issues.
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Marché de Minet el Bassal

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-mmeb01`	XML Template
	Notes: The first table is sometimes empty (sans changement). In this case, use this xml template. “Exportations probable de la semaine” is sometimes absent.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Nolis

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-noli01`	XML Template
	Notes: Sometimes doubled. See, for instance 1907-08-09, pps. 4 and 6, which have identical entries.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Sucres

Variant 1	Example date: 1907-06-19
xml:id `deg-el-sucr01`	XML Template
	Notes: This feature was previously integrated into March Minet el-Bassal.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1907-01-28	Latest encoded instance:

Tarif d’Exportation

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-tdex01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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III Stocks, Shares, and Finance

See also:

Reuter’s Telegrams

American Stocks & Shares

Variant 1	Example date: 1906-04-30
xml:id `deg-el-amss01`	XML Template
	Notes: Prepared by Jonathan Morales
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Earliest encoded instance: 1906-02-24	Latest encoded instance:

Bourse du Caire

Variant 1	Example date: 1907-04-01
xml:id `deg-el-bduc01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Bourse Khediviale

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-bokh01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Variant 2	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-clbk01`	XML Template
	Notes: prepared by Brett Crawford
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London Stock Exchange

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-lsex01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance:

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-shli01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance:

Variant 2	Example date: 1906-07-02
xml:id `deg-el-shli02`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1906-07-02	Latest encoded instance:

Stocks and Shares

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-stsh01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance:

Stocks and Shares Alexandria Bourse

Variant 1	Example date: 1907-04-02
xml:id `deg-el-ssab01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Telegrammes Havas

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-teha01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

To-day’s Exchange quotations

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-tdeq01`	XML Template
	Notes: This feature often contains only a few changes from day to day.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-03	Latest encoded instance:

IV Non-Financial

Calendar of Coming Events

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-15
feature `comingEvents`	XML Template
	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.
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Calendar of the Week

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-cotw01`	XML Template
	Notes: This feature changes only once per week.
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Cheap Prepaid Advertisements

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
feature `prepaidAdvertisements`	XML Template (first lines only)
	Notes: Add each advertisement as a `<div type="item">` within the section.
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Claims against the Estate

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-caet01`	XML Template
	Notes: This feature contains consistent text around changing names and details.
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Daily Weather Report

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-dawr01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Variant 2	Example date: 1906-10-01
xml:id `deg-el-dawr01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Variant 3	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-dawr01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd.

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-etcl01`	XML Template
	Notes: Be sure to change date (including `<date when="">`) in opening lines.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Nile Gauge Readings

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-10
xml:id `deg-el-nile01`	XML Template
	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`
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Société Internationale des Employés d’Alexandrie Bureau de Placement

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-15
feature `bureauPlacement`	XML Template (first lines only)
	Notes: Add each advertisement as a `<p>` within its section.
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Weekly Postal Table

(produced by John White)

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-wept01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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V Transportation

Alexandria Tramway

Variant 1	Example date: 1907-04-02
xml:id `deg-el-rrat02`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Delta Light Railways Ltd

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-dllr01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Ramleh Railway Co, Alexandria Tramway Co

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-rrat01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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VI Egyptian Gazette

Egyptian Gazette en vente

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egev01`	XML Template
	Notes: In the latter pages of the newspaper, we sometimes find a brief item explaining where and when the paper is sold.
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Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egpi01`	XML Template
	Notes: This feature usually comes immediately after the “Subscriptions and Advertisements” feature on page 2, though sometimes other material is placed between them.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Egyptian Gazette Subscriptions and Advertisements

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egsa01`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-01-02	Latest encoded instance:

Variant 2	Example date: 1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-egsa02`	XML Template
	Notes:
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Vade Mecum for the Homeward Bound

1905 Variant	Example date: 1905-03-10
xml:id `tba`	XML Template
	Notes: Two-page version.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-03-10	Latest encoded instance:

1905-06 Variant	Example date: 1905-12-05
xml:id `deg-el-vmhb01`	XML Template
	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:id`s, because they are consistently repeated.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1905-12-01-p5	Latest encoded instance: 1906-04-06?

1906-07 Variant	Example date:
xml:id `deg-el-vmhb02`	XML Template
	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:id`s, because they are consistently repeated.
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Earliest encoded instance: 1906-12-??	Latest encoded instance: 1907-04-??

VII 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

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
feature `bulletinBourse`	No template
	Notes: This text must be OCRed
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Claims against the Estate

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-11
feature `claimsEstate`	XML Format example
	Notes: Change name, rank, post, and dates
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Export Manifests

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
feature `exportManifests`	XML Format example
	Notes: This list is unique in each issue. Tag placenames and dates, and break out the number and unit of exported commodities in the table. table xml:id `deg-ta-exma01`
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Mouvement Maritime

Variant 1	Example date: 1905-07-12
feature `mouvementMaritime`	No template
	Notes: This model xml text doesn’t contain much useful formatting, but it shows that places, persons, dates, and tonnage should be tagged.
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Municipalité Avis

Variant 1	1905-07-12
xml:id `deg-el-maav01`	No template
	Notes: This model xml text call for tenders varies according to the construction project and dates. Municipal tenders appear in a formulaic fashion; it is necessary to change dates and particulars of the project being tendered.
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I Cotton

Alexandria General Produce Association (Cotton)

Association des Courtiers en Marchandises

Coton

Cotons

Derniere Heure

Exterieur

Primes des Contrats

Reuter’s Telegrams

Resume de la Situation Cotonniere

Resume Mouvement Coton

II Other Commodities

Alexandria General Produce Association

Arrivages a Minet-el-Bassal

Cereal Market

Coals

Egyptian Markets, Limited

Egyptian Mining Market

Marché de Minet el Bassal

Nolis

Sucres

Tarif d’Exportation

III Stocks, Shares, and Finance

American Stocks & Shares

Bourse du Caire

Bourse Khediviale

London Stock Exchange

Share List

Stocks and Shares

Stocks and Shares Alexandria Bourse

Telegrammes Havas

To-day’s Exchange quotations

IV Non-Financial

Calendar of Coming Events

Calendar of the Week

Cheap Prepaid Advertisements

Claims against the Estate

Daily Weather Report

Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd.

Nile Gauge Readings

Société Internationale des Employés d’Alexandrie Bureau de Placement

Weekly Postal Table

V Transportation

Alexandria Tramway

Delta Light Railways Ltd

Ramleh Railway Co, Alexandria Tramway Co

VI Egyptian Gazette

Egyptian Gazette en vente

Egyptian Gazette masthead

Egyptian Gazette Subscriptions and Advertisements

Vade Mecum for the Homeward Bound

VII Non-templated recurring features

Bulletin de la Bourse

Claims against the Estate

Export Manifests

Mouvement Maritime

Municipalité Avis