'Correspondence relating primarily to individual Forces, and not (with some exceptions) of general interest. Force 'D' ' [‎214r] (27/42)

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Enclosure 3 in above.
Expeditionary Force Canteens
Si r> Grosvenor Gardens, S.W. 1 .,
takinoi yesipotamh 154 r« canteen
when I informed'hirrfthat an ariaEeLnf wn"" "'f - Hartland ‘^av.
in Jfesopotamia whei-ebv takin™ wn iu 1 “pi b , e T g pilt , 1Ilto 0 P eratio11
London by ordinary c^erdafbandE **
required for purchases in India had been transfenEf rG BTstbGTonXv"
also by ordinary banking channels. t0 Homba ->’
1 am awaiting information from the in nvrim. i i
I have, &c,,
The Secretary, War Office. for O^c. S^Lts.
m.
Telegram from Financial Secretary, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , to Controller of
War Accounts, Simla, dated 4th July 1918.
Yonr telegram dated 4th June, 1078. Canteen Receipts. War Office
state that pnor to their learning of action taken by Financial Adviser
Mesopotamia, at the instance of Expeditionary Force Canteens in London’
it hail independently occurred to them that in view of increasing tendency
i yp^hture in India to exceed takings in Mesopotamia it was desirable
that receipts at Lasra should be remitted to Bombay through bank in 't
c lannelo to meet payments in India. If Government of India consider
previous arrangements preferable, War Office will reopen question with
Expeditionary force Canteens. Presumably receipts banked at Basra
wonid be available for Government and obviate despatch of funds from
J 11 Q] cl.
112 .
War Office to India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .
0149/5213 (Accounts 5). War Office,
felr ’ T . 9th August 1918.
In continuation of War Office letter 0149/5003 of the 23rd February
last, I am directed to state that it has been reported in a telegram dated
g m a ^ brom General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia, that
o, 00 helmets have been issued to Baratoff’s Corps, and to request that their
’value, viz, Us. 15,300 (fifteen thousand three hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ) and the cost
of conveyance, Rs. 5,912. 8 (five thousand nine hundred and twelve rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
8 annas) may appear in the accounts of Force “ D ” under a distinctive
heading.
I am to inquire whether the period of the account in which the entry or
entries will appear could be reported.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State W. Mayne,
for India. For the Assistant Financial
Secretary.