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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.' [‎54v] (108/134)

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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other cause, should be at once reported by the Commander directly to Head
quarters, advising nature of, and extent said damage, and the Marine Superinten
dent (probably in conjunction with the Fleet Engineer) shall be required to
decide what is to be done and may have to proceed to the damaged vessel with
Salvage Crew.
8. The Marine Superintendent shall, as long beforehand as possible, advise
his Superior Officer of the date on which he proposes a vessel should be with
drawn from Commission for overhaul.
For all the more important or larger vessels he shall keep a running syno
psis of the proposed dockings and dates for at least 2 to 3 months in advance.
9. Consumable Stores and Outfit :— r ^eck Department.
Stores shall be issued to vessels as early as possible at regular intervals of
say, one month, or should this not be suitable, say, each time or alternate time
a vessel may return to Port. This, however, can be decided upon after vessels are
allocated their various commissions.
Procedure for drawing stores shall be as follows : —
Commanders of vessels to make out a list of required stores for the fixed
period and hand it to the Marine Superintendent for adjustment or endorsement,
after which the Commander or one of his Officers will present it to the Dockyard
Storekeeper for immediate execution and await delivery of the stores.
Commanders when drawing stores must always send a suffiicent number of
the crew to handle them and the Officer drawing the stores shall be responsible
for them from the time they are checked over conjointly by the Storekeeper and
himself and he should not remove them until he is satisfied that he has received
everything in good order.
In cases where a serang is in charge of a vessel, he shall require the Marine
Superintendent Clerk, to write out his list of stores, after which it shall be dealt
with by the M. S. and the procedure henceforth as explained above.
All Indents for store s must be made out in duplicate on the recognised
4< Stores Indent " forms, which are supplied for that purpose alone.
The original Stores Indent should be given to the Dockyard Storekeeper
and retained as a voucher and attached to the Bill for stores.
Salvage of vessels.
10. In cases of vessels sinking or receiving serious damage necessitating
their being put ashore, or ordinary grounding, the Marine Superintendent will take
charge of salvage operations, the salvage crew with all the necessary ap
paratus and gear to be supplied by the Dockyard.
Two capable divers should be retained by the Dockyard ordinarily in some
other capacity, also two complete sets of diving apparatus.
Other Dockyard workers, who have been properly instructed in the use of
diving plant shall make up the divers crews.
As before stated the divers, crews, and all gear, shall be in charge of the
Marine Superintendent from the time of leaving the Dockyard until return to the
Dockyard.
11. It will most probably be necessary to appoint a Personal Assistant to
the Marine Superintendent.
He should have the same qualifications as the M. S. and be able to take
up his position at any time.

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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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'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.' [‎54v] (108/134), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/131, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023544987.0x00006d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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