ملف ١٩١٥/٣١٠٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: الأراضي المحتلة: الوضع: مسألة التجارة؛ أعمال السلب والنهب، إلخ. فيما يتعلق بالبضائع من جانب الأتراك" [و‎‎١‎١‎٤] (٤٩٣/٢٣٢)

t/illo was cl landed to t iat of Controlloi*^ Ilostllo TT*r,ddLncf Con**
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corns by Force Routine Order No. ISP of Perth le iuary this
enabled Uiajto deal with several other Hostile Trading Concerns
which had cone to notice during his Investigations. Mr. A.T.
Banco loft for lattgltanA In April and was replaced by £nd Llcutcn-
aiit fiMSn T*C» lli>on 9 I«A*IUO«^wl:o still occuiilos tbo y^st rlth
effect trwn the 27rli ;uaPcb #
Little could bo done In 1915 towards liquidation the aoseto
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of tlio various concerns or towards winding tlion up, the collect-
Ion of the necessary Information fron the books of the various
concerns, the valuation of their stock otc.# absorbing the whole
time of tli© various officers concerned; but during the current
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year stops have been taken to wind up all firms concerned as co
mpletely as circumstances permit. Cash assets have been collected
and banked under the Itont signature of tlmt officer and the
Deputy Chief Political Officer, All merchandise and all dead
stock/as furniture, boats, barges etc,, have been definitely dis
posed of by sale unless^as in the case of articles required for %
the use of H,U,*s Forces j tlioy have boon previously requisitioned.
During September the r^nenzy Trading Act 1919 cacao into operation >4
In India; and as its provisions seemed generally applicable to
the the conditions under which the liquidation of these firms
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had been effected in the Occupied Territories, the Act In quest
ion, together with the Foreigners Ordinance 1914, the Hostile
Foreigners Trading Order 1614 and the Enemy Trading Act 101% has
boot; applied by Army Cotnwan&er to the Occupied Territories under
the provisions of bectlou G(r>) of the Iraq Occupied Territories
code, with tl:e uacoauury siibsiuarj- netifioatlon^ applying these
acta to specified !:oatile Plivin, thu:; jjuttdUi^ the business of ^
tli<* Centro 11 or u on os regular a bitSis as tljit of any otlier
adciinlutratavc or judicial official In the Occupied Terrlferlos,
4, Tlie attadiod balance sti&ot allows the ;>ositioxi of the various
accounts in the| hands of the Contriller, tVuzn wltloh it will be
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seen that some 74 lakhs of rupees oush and 3 lakhs of unsold
itoodid arc in our hands, excluding scrao Us, 30,000 worth of ppods
which have been requisitioned for use of Forces but not
paid for. This, however, includes considerable suns from places
outside the Occupied TerrlMfelM, llenwn Hebert v/onckhaus & Co,V