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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.' [‎62r] (123/134)

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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all the work on this line is done by native craft, known as lake
bellums, which ply between Qurnah and the Euphrates front. A
few small sternwhcel^rs carrying details are the only steamers on
this line, except during a short period of the highest flood, when
occasional steamers from the Tigris have gone up this line. When
the Hammar Lake is dredged, it is intended to have a regular through
service from Basrah to the Euphrates front.
(iv) The Committee are of opinion that the methods heretofore in practice are
the best suited to the most economical utilisation of the native ^raft, and recom-
iKend they should be followed in the future. The Committee have been informed
of the arrangements that are being made for storing oil fuel on the river, and they
are assured that these arrangements are adequate and feasible, provided the num-
•ber of tanks already under order are duly erected and the barges under order arrive
in good time to maintain them.
Signed at Basrah.
G. F. MacMUNN, Major-General,
President.
4th August 1916.
* A. BINGHAM, Commander, Jt.I.M.
* Except that I dissent from para, 1 (ii) of (recom
mendations) for reasons given in paper A attached.
f Members.
R. A. HORNE, Major.
J. AIACRAE, Cap,. Secretary^
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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.' [‎62r] (123/134), 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_100023544987.0x00007c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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