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File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract' [62r] (130/286)
The record is made up of 1 volume (138 folios). It was created in 15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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The Under Secretary of* State for India
Political Department,
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.
,
S.W.
Sir; -
In reply to your letter P2882 of the 141^3. ihstAnt I am
directed by my Board to point out that riotwithstanding the
fact that measures are being adopted, t© convert this company's
steamers for the use of Oil Fuel for economical reasons, the
price we have to pay for Oil Fuel, vi*: 40/- per ton, does
not bring expenditure for fuel down to- ttje average expenditure
for fuel which existed at the time the last contract for the
carriage of mails was entered into by this Company. Uorewer
the cost of conversion of the steamers for the use ft 'Oil
Fuel will amount to approximately £4000, a sum which cannot
be amortised without setting aside a considerable sum annual^
the substitution of Oil Fuel. 1 am to add that my Directors
cannot expect, even After adbptln^ the iti4#t economical methods
of wrorking*, to reduce e^en<ure t 9 the etui valent of the
expenditure which prevailed befpre
from any saving on the present heavy expenditure for fuel by
Majesty's Secretary of State for India to give due weight to
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This volume contains memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding a contract between the 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. and the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for mail service and commercial transports on the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basrah; the 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. 's complaints for their unsatisfactory service from 1912, and the renewal of the contract in 1914. The volume also briefly discusses the British Post Offices in Baghdad and Basra, and the abolition of British Post Offices in Turkey.
The main correspondents are: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, the 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. , and the Foreign Office.
There is a letter in French within the file, a copy of a declaration from Hakki Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (138 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 342 (Mesopotamia) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/333.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front cover. A previous foliation sequence between ff 44-138, which is also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/333
- Title
- File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'
- Pages
- 135r:135v, 136v:138v, 102r:103v, 88r:88v, 80r:80v, 76r:76v, 72r:72v, 62r:63v, 58r:58v, 55r:56v, 39r:39v, 40v:42v, 35r:36v, 16r:18v, 10r:10v
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- Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company
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