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'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.' [17r] (33/134)
The record is made up of 1 volume (66 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1916. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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29
The remuneration of the contractors to be paid on the quantity in tons of
Pay of Contractors goods hamiled overside or from one place
to another.
The representatives of Departments who have stores on board ships must
arrange to be on board to tally their own
Departments to have tally clerks. stores Out. This is CUStomary both in
merchant vessels and transports and is not a new arrangement.
The contractors are prepared to indicate a minimum amount of tonnage
per day provided their requirements are
Inducement for contract to work expeditiously fulfilled with regard to the number of
under penaty. lighters supplied and suitable places are at
their disposal to discharge it. This would act as a penalty rate, the inducement
to them for a rapid discharge is work done, i.e., money earned and a quick
turnover.
The contractors will continue the paying of the mahelas according to work
done. No payment will be made to mahelas
Payment of mahelas. unemployed.
The contractors to report on work done each evening during the day and
„ ^ to receive the necessary instructions for the
Progress report. , , , ^
next day s work.
W. B. HUDDLESTON, Captain, R.l.M.,
Principal Marine Transport Officer,
6fi87(w)AD
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This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy on the administration of the Port of Basrah [Basra].
The summary also contains 'Report of Major-General G F MacMunn's Committee on the Organization of the River Service in Mesopotamia' (folios 58-66), with recommendations for the Royal India Marine Services, on the method of employing existing and forthcoming vessels, and measures for the control of the shipping traffic on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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- 1 volume (66 folios)
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:24r, 25v:34v, 36v:66v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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