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English: Cover from the 1949 UK Immigration Service "Handbook of the Peculiarities of Foreign Names" with introduction by HM Chief Inspector W.R. Perks. An inscription shows that it was originally issued to Mr W. Argent, HM Immigration Office, Havelock Chambers,Queen's Terrace, Southampton. It contains such useful information as advice on transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet, advice on Russian patronnymics and common Greek names in English characters. |
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| Author | UK Home Office |
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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| 2011-10-09 19:06 | 330×483× (60803 bytes) | DASHBot | Bot: Rescaling Fair Use Image ([[User:DASHBot/resize|shutoff]]) |
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| current | 22:06, 12 September 2015 |  | 330 × 483 (59 KB) | Innotata | Transferred from en.wikipedia |
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