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'Correspondence relating primarily to individual Forces, and not (with some exceptions) of general interest. Force 'D' ' [‎219r] (37/42)

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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War Office to 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. .
>21/3/767 (F. Ia). War Office,
^ r > 2 7tli November 1917.
I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you that a
telegram, of which a decoded copy is enclosed, has been received in this
Department from the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamian
1 orce. I he Counci] would like to receive particulars of the cases referred
to in which the loreign Department of the Government of India has
directed charges to be classed as military which the authorities in Mesopo
tamia considered should be divided between military and civil funds. They
would be glad, therefore, if the Secretary of State” for India would request
the Government of India to forward a report on these and any future
similar cases.
The Financial Adviser in Mesopotamia has been requested in a cable,
of which a copy is enclosed 1 for transmission to the Government of India,
to furnish a report by despatch on the question, and a copy of his reply will
be sent to your Department when received.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State B. B. Cubitt.
for India.
Mr. Robinson to Mr. Fell.
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. ,
My dear Fell, 29th November 1917.
I transmit a copy of a letter, dated 27th November, from the War
Office, and of its enclosures, requesting that reports may be furnished on
cases in which the recommendations of the General Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, Mesopotamian Force, and the Givi] Commissioners regarding the
allocation of expenditure between military and civil funds, are not accepted
by the Government of India.
Yours sincerely,
G. B. II. Fell, Esq, C.SJTCJ.E. W. Robinson.
26.
Treasury to Foreign Office. *
35868. Treasury Chambers,
My Lord, 18th December 1917.
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury have had before
Them Sir W. Langley’s letter of the 27th October last, respecting a proposed
purchase of land at Mazil at an estimated cost of 20 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. (133,0000),
to be charged not against military estimates, but against the revenue of the
occupied territories.
As Mr. Secretary Balfour is aware, my Lords had concerned Themselves
to secure that the revenues in the Turkish territory now in British occupation
which had been assigned to the Council of Bondholders for the service of
the Ottoman Debt, should continue to be collected under the British regime,
and that careful accounts of their amount should be kept in view of the
ultimate settlement which must be arrived at concerning the incidence of
the old Ottoman Debt. Having declared a surplus on the year to
31st March 1916, and having invested it in a special account, my Lords
think that it would be unfortunate to re-open the account, and apply any
part of the money so set aside for the purpose of the capital development
and subsequent needs of Mesopotamia. This argument would not apply to
any surplus available in respect of the period subsequent to that date. My
Lords have no information on this subject, however, and I am to inquire
what has been the total revenue and expenditure in the occupied territories
for the year 1916-17, and the estimated revenue and expenditure for the
1 Not printed.
I
22436—12

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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)
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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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