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'Correspondence relating primarily to individual Forces, and not (with some exceptions) of general interest. Force 'D' ' [‎204v] (8/42)

The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in Sep 1918. 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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VI
No. Date. Page
1918.
116 3 Sept.
117 7 Sept.
21
21
1917.
19 12 June 22
20 15 June 22
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21 13 April 22

22 19 July 28 j
23 ! 5 Oct. 28 :
24 27 Nov. 29
25
29 Nov.
29
26
18 Dec.
29
27
1918.
8 Jan.
30
28
12 Jan.
30
29
14 Jan.
30
30
4 Feb.
30
31
5 Feb.
30
32
15 Feb.
31
33
15 Feb.
31
From
To
Subject.
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.
Secretary of
State.
Controller of
War Accounts.
Viceroy
Forwarding (115) for report.
Requesting, if Government of
India see no objection, that
proposals in (il4) as to
accounting be carried into
effect.
II —Basra Administration.
Controller of
War Accounts
Secretary of
State.
: Canteen receipts. Approximate
figures for 1916-17.
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.
War Office
Transmitting copy of (19).
Government of
India.
Secretary of
State.
! Control and audit of expendi
ture of the administered
territory in Mesopotamia.
Correspondence with local
authorities.
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.
Foreign Office -
Forwarding copy of above and
expressing Secretary of
State’s agreement with the
views of the Government of
India.
Secretary of
State.
Government of
India.
Control and audit of expendi
ture. Arrangements set
forth in (21) sanctioned by
Treasury and 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. .
War Office
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.
Difference of opinion between
Government of India and
authorities in Mesopotamia
as to allocation between
military and civil funds of
certain charges in Mesopo
tamia. Asking for parti
culars of cases.
Mr. Robinson -
Mr. Fell
Forwarding copy of (24).
Treasury
Foreign Office -
Proposed purchase of land at
Mazil from revenues of occu
pied territory. Asking for
accounts and estimates of
revenues.
Secretary of
State.
Viceroy
Asking for desired informa
tion.
Viceroy
Secretary of
State.
Asking for meaning of term
“ assigned revenues.”
Secretary of
State.
Viceroy
Replying to (28).
Secretary of
State.
Viceroy
"
Reminder.
Viceroy '
Secretary of
State.
Furnishing estimates asked for
in (27). Amount of assigned
revenues to be communicated
later.
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.
Treasury
*
Forwarding copy of (31).
350,000b will now be handed
over to Treasury, in addition
to 150,000b already paid.
Viceroy
Secretary of
State.
j
(1) No definite allocation has
been made of revenues to
Ottoman Public Debt. State
ment of revenues assigned
wholly to Ottoman Debt
before British occupation
and which continue to be
recorded in accounts. (2)
Probable date of despatch of
accounts.

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Content

This file is labelled as the 'September 1918 Supplement to Volume III' (Volume III was issued in May 1917), and contains copies of correspondence relating to military expenditure and Basra administration by Expeditionary Force D. A contents page at the front of the file (folios 202-204) details the date, sender, recipient and subject of each letter. The correspondence is then arranged chronologically within two categories: 'Military Expenditure' (folios 205-215) and 'Basra Administration' (folios 215-221.) The most frequent correspondents in the file are 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. , the War Office, the Controller of War Accounts and the Viceroy.

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1 file (21 folios)
Arrangement

The file opens with a contents page (ff 202-204). The correspondence is then arranged chronologically within two categories: 'Military Expenditure' (ff 205-215) and 'Basra Administration' (ff 215-221).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 201, and terminates at f 221, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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