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‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’ [45v] (95/119)
The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps). It was created in 1919. 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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Total ...
9,90,000 (£66,000),
APPENDIX XXIJ.
Estimates.
1. Cost of Permanent Wharves.
2. Cost of Semaphore Station.
3. Cost of Electric Cranes and Gear.
4. Cost of Steam Cranes.
5. Cost of Port Construction and Conservancy Depot, MagiJ.
6. Cost of Construction Plant.
7. Statement of Craft allotted to the Port Construction and Conservancy.
1.—Estimated Cost op Permanent Wharves in the Port of Basrah.
Upper Magil Wharves :— Bs.
225,000 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45,00,000
No. 7 Wharf—24,500 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft. ... ... ... ... ... 4,90,000
No. 9 Wharf—'12,000 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft. ... ... ... ... ... 2,40,000
No. 10 Wharf—15,000 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft 3,00,000
No. 11 Wharf—13,200 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft 2,64,000
Four pontoon landing stages at Rs. 30,000 each ... ... ... ... ... 1,20,000
Ordnance Barge Wharf—4,472 s. ft. at Rs. 20 per s. ft 89,440
Total 60,03,440 (£400,229);
N.B.—The above estimated costs include everything except freights, which are unknown.
2.— Estimated Cost op Semaphore Station at Outer Bar Rs. 87,500 (£5,833);
3.—Statement of Electric Cranes and Gear available for Port Work.
5 D.C. gantry cranes, capacity 35 cwts. at 45 feet radius, Rs. 30,000 each
8 A.C. gantry cranes, capacity 3 tons, at 45 feet radius, Rs. 82,500 each
(Estimated war cost).
2 A.C. gantry cranes, capacity 8 tons, at 45 feet radius, Rs. 90,000 each
2 Stacking machines
14 Humping machines
900 Portable belt conveyor
11 Portable power frames
6 Electric capstans
►Supplied from W T ar Office, cost unknown
Cost.
Rs.
1.50.000
6.60.000
1,80,000
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The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure of agricultural and irrigation schemes put in place in Mesopotamia for 1918 and 1919, and administered by the Imperial Government; b) the extent to which expenditure on agriculture and irrigation schemes, charged against Imperial Army Funds, is necessary for the prosecution of war; c) infrastructure development in Mesopotamia (facilities at Basrah [Basra] port; railways; telegraphs, telephones and post; water supply; electrical and mechanical installations), and questions of their financial support through military and civil funds.
The appendices include: maps illustrating the scope and geographical detail of the agricultural and irrigation schemes; correspondence providing context into the circumstances surrounding the need for and implementation of the schemes; statistical data, including: irrigation scheme expenditure; capacity at Basrah port; valuation of the dockyard; admission rates for Indian troops and followers with scurvy for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918; valuation of telegraph apparatus, telephone lines.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)
- Arrangement
The report is divided into paragraphs numbered 1 through to 82, with paragraph subjects and page numbers provided in an index preceding the report (f 3v). A list of the appendices, numbered I through to XXVIII follows the report (f 35). Appendices I-IV are maps (ff 52-56), enclosed in the sleeve at the back of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 57; 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 file contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:6v, 7v:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:16v, 17v:18v, 20r:20v, 21v:23v, 25r:26v, 28r:29v, 30v:51v, back-i, back
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