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	Tally sticks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tally sticks are an ancient mnemonic device (memory aid) to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages.
		The single tally stick is an elongated piece of bone, ivory, wood, or stone which is marked with a system of notches (see: Tally marks).
		Danube and in Switzerland the tally was still used in the 20th Century in rural economies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tally_sticks

	tally sticks
		In 1724, treasury officials commanded that tallies no longer be used, but it was not until 1834, with the reform acts and the abolition of the office of the Receipt of the Exchequer, that a huge bonfire of the then-obsolete medieval tally sticks was held.
		A tally stick is "a long wooden stick used as a receipt." When money was paid in, a stick was inscribed and marked with combinations of notches representing the sum of money paid, the size of the cut corresponding to the size of the sum.
		The stick was then split in two, the larger piece (the stock) going to the payer, and the smaller piece being kept by the payee.
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	BONFIRE
		When all notches of a stick had been assigned, the stick was laid aside, and a new tally stick accounted for more coins.
		> This was one form of a tally stick to represent a count of something.
		Tallying is apparently the earliest form of writing.
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	Tally marks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notched sticks, known as tally sticks also were used for this purpose.
		Tally marks are a variation of the unary numeral system.
		The burning of discarded tally sticks resulted in the Burning of Parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tally_mark

	Tally (voting) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tally results are used after the elections by political parties to work out, on the basis of from which ballot box the tally came, how many votes they picked in a particular area, or even a particular street.
		They record their estimation of counts by marking votes for each candidate on their 'tally sheet' as a tick (/) which are then assembled together to produce a full prediction of what the likely outcome of the result will be.
		A tally (also see tally sticks) is an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tally_%28voting%29

	Tallying Up
		Tally sticks were used in England from the Middle Ages until the late 18th century.
		It's likely that your great-great-grandparents were familiar with the use of "tally sticks." When a shopper traveled down the road to the baker or butcher without a coin in his pouch, the vendor might let him take home a hearty loaf of bread or a side of beef on credit.
		The problem was solved by splitting the tally stick in half lengthwise so that all notches were visible on both halves of the stick.
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		The tally signals selectively activate lights in both the camera viewfinder for the camera operator to become aware of when their particular camera is selected and in front of the camera so that talent being photographed will know which camera has been selected and is photographing the scene at that very moment.
		The tally light system tells both the individual camera operators and any on-camera talent being photographed which camera is"on"or"live." The signals for the tally light feature are sent from the switcher to the cameras down a separate electrical wire contained within the multiple conductor camera cables.
		Each tally input lead is coupled to a separate voltage output from the switcher, wherein each switcher output emits a tally signal voltage that corresponds to a particular camera being selected.
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	Parliament.aspx?id=10166&glossary=true
		Tally sticks were an ancient method of accounting used by the Treasury.
		Tally sticks were abolished in 1783 but their use continued until 1826.
		The sticks were then split down the middle and the Treasury kept one half and the debtor the other.
	www.explore.parliament.uk /Parliament.aspx?id=10166&glossary=true (3278 words)

	The National Archives Exhibitions & Learning Online Exhibitions & Treasures Tally Sticks
		Tally sticks were used by accountants and by officials of the Exchequer who managed the revenue of the Crown.
		It was the burning of unwanted tally sticks in 1834 that caused the fire that destroyed the old Houses of Parliament.
		He was sheriff of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire between 1293 and 1296, during the reign of Edward I. One tally was a payment relating to royal forest in the counties.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /museum/item.asp?item_id=6 (3278 words)

	katherine box : early concepts of number and counting
		Tally sticks were a much more efficient way of keeping track of the number of objects being counted, as one needed to carry around only a small piece of wood or bone.
		Tally sticks are yet another way of counting a group of objects.
		Each tally stick in the collection contains a family mark, or signature, the number of family members and the amount of tax to be paid.
	www.maths.adelaide.edu.au /people/pscott/history/katherine/page2.htm (3278 words)

	Press Release
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	Tally
		Tally results are used after the elections by political parties to work out, on the basis of from which ballot box the tally came, how many votes they picked in a particular area, or even a particular street.
		They record their estimation of counts by marking votes for each candidate on their 'tally sheet' as a tick (/) which are then assembled together to produce a full prediction of what the likely outcome of the result will be.
		A tally is an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under Proportional Representation using the Single Transferable Vote.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tally.html (260 words)

	Eclectica: Tally Sticks
		Tally sticks are wooden sticks with notches cut in to them to indicate value.
		In 1834 the Government decided to destroy the stock of tally sticks which had been stored in a basement in the Houses of Parliament.
		The British Exchequer kept the national accounts using tally sticks until the late 1780s.
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	Exchequer Records
		Tally sticks were thin wooden sticks carved with notches which provided a coded representation of the amount of money paid over.
		This is all a digression, and the tally sticks were not actually the archiving system, but a method of recording the ongoing transactions.
		The stick was split lengthwise and the Exchequer retained one half as a record, while the sheriff retained the other as a receipt.
	medievalwriting.50megs.com /word/exchequer.htm (260 words)

	The Dead media Project:Working Notes:24.3
		"When the tally was complete, the stick was cleft lengthwise by the maker of the tallies, nearly throughout the whole extent, in such a manner that both pieces retained a copy of the inscription, and one half of every notch cut at the pointed end.
		No two sticks could be found so exactly similar, as to admit of being identically matched with each other, when split in the coarse manner of cutting tallies; and certainly no alteration of the particulars expressed by the notches and inscription could remain undiscovered when the two parts were again brought together.
		The notches were of various sizes and shapes corresponding to the tallied amount: a 1.5-inch notch for 1000 pounds, a 1-inch notch for 100 pounds, a half-inch notch for 20 pounds, with smaller notches indicating pounds, shillings, and pence, down to a halfpenny, indicated by a pierced dot.
	www.deadmedia.org /notes/24/243.html (260 words)

	The Dead media Project:Working Notes:48.0
		It is no surprise that the majority of these tally sticks are made of beech, and that the Runes or secrets were scratched or "Writan" upon them.
		Runic Tally Sticks were sometimes plain, sometimes elaborately carved sticks of wood.
		Most historians believe that sticks of beech were used to write upon with a pen or brush, some believe that the beech bark was stripped from the tree and used as a kind of paper.
	www.deadmedia.org /notes/48/480.html (260 words)

	Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
		The tally sticks were then taken out of circulation and stored in the Houses of Parliament until 1834, when the authorities decided that the tallies were no longer required and that they should be burned.
		The tally system could (of course) be abused by the Exchequer selling tallies which they would not redeem, but kings soon learned not to renege on tallies, since the discount on future tallies would be increased and the Exchequer would be hit hard.
		The story of the tally illustrates this point well: what began as a technology for record&endash;keeping soon went on to become the basis of a money market, and then went on to remain in use long after 'better' alternatives were available.
	www.arraydev.com /commerce/JIBC/9811-11.htm (260 words)

	Tally Sticks: The Hidden Dangers
		Over the course of time these tally sticks were replaced by paper records, leaving the cellars of the Houses of Parliament full to the brim with pieces of old wood.
		of making marks on, or cutting notches into, things to represent numbers has survived to the present day, especially among school children making tally marks on their desks to signify the days of their captivity (see also Carving notches into bones).
		This stick was then split lengthwise, with the baker and the customer keeping half each, so that both could remember how many loaves were owed and neither of them could cheat.
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	definition of score
		A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
		The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
		To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/sc/score216449.html (312 words)

	Mathematical notation - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		The Census Quipu of the Andes and the Ishango Bone from Africa all used the tally mark method of accounting for numerical concepts.
		The tally is a timeless way of counting.
		Early mathematical ideas for counting were represented by collections of rockss, sticks, bone, clay, stone, wood carvings, and knotted ropes.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/ma/mathematical_notation.html (515 words)

	TV Lighting for a Cabaret Setting
		The only thing that might give you away is the tally light on the opposing camera during the lap dissolves.
		The two large key lights on the stage (#13 and #14) are low in height and at a relatively great distance to maximize a star filter effect on reverse angle shots from behind the stage.
		Lights #9, #6 and #7 are used for the solo spot.
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	Tally
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		Tally updates all reports (from day book to Balance sheets) as and when the transactions are entered and hence does not need any back end or day/period end process to be done.
		Tally can adapt to any business needs rather than the user trying to change the way his business is run to adapt to the package.
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	Tally - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tally (accounting) A commercial accounting software package very popular in India.
		All active users are invited to vote in the Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
		This is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tally (358 words)

	STICK FLIPPING GAME
		If he is successful, his opponent must give him that number of tally sticks.
		For example, before throwing, one player might bet all his tally sticks that he will score a certain number.
		The score depends on the side of the stick which is facing up when the stick lands.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /games/chance/stickflipping.html (358 words)

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