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6.<br />
When the Branches were all functioning, each was given a block of 10,000 numbers which "belonged" to that<br />
Branch and which identified origin or ownership. A parallel system was employed for records to be issued with<br />
Zonophone labels and the complete system is as set out below:<br />
Gramophone Catalogue Zonophone Catalogue Branch<br />
1 to 9999 40000 to 49999 London<br />
10000 to 19999 100000 to 109999 Orient<br />
20000 to 29999 60000 to 69999 Russia (Poland, etc.)<br />
30000 to 39999 80000 to 89999 France<br />
40000 to 49999 20000 to 29999 Germany<br />
50000 to 59999 90000 to 99999 Italy<br />
60000 to 69999 50000 to 59999 Spain (Portugal)<br />
70000 to 79999 100000 to 109999 Czech./Hungary<br />
80000 to 89999 70000 to 79999 Scandinavia<br />
90000 to 99999 30000 to 39999 Holland (Belgium)<br />
It is not hard to see why there is a discontinuity in the above table and it must be pointed out that some Branches in<br />
this sense had no real existence. London was the Head Office but also looked after parts of the Orient, including<br />
India; France was really Paris and looked after much of Arabic North Africa and the Levant; Russia had several<br />
Branches, St Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Tiflis, etc, and covered Poland and the Baltic States.
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