File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [169r] (63/254)
The record is made up of 126 folios. It was created in 28 May 1918-8 Apr 1920. 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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Sir James Thomson, K.B.S. of Leith.
J. A. Hunter, of Inchmartine, Inehtur*.
K. E. Hicell, of Old tf&nor, Bights, Hants.
G.H. Lavey, of Messrs. Larragh Small & Co., Ltd.
5, Benehurch Street, E.c.
and
F. Fortes Mackay, Managing Director, SJS.C. Ltd.
A block of shares is reserved ^fox issue to one native
of Mesopotamia.
Under these circumstances, 1 have the honour to apply
fox permission for the Scottish Mesopotamia Corporation Ltd. to
trade in Mesopotamia, Persia, and other neighbouring territories
Where British rule prevails, and, as a necessary corollary, for
permission for the staff, to the number of six European British
subjects and twelve Indian British subjects, all of whom shall
in due course be named for the approval of the proper authority,
to reside in the country.
1 may state that I have served in Mesopotamia during
far-
the War, and that it will be my policy to employ as few as
possible men who have done military service during the War.
I have the honour to be
Bir,
Your most obedient servant.
Managing Director
SCOTTISH MESOPOTAMIA CjPgPGRATIOU LIMITED
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Part 4 of the volume (folios 138-264) contains exchanges of correspondence, mainly between officials at 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 Foreign Office and the Department of Overseas Trade in London. They discuss whether or not to approve proposals submitted to them by the British Trade Corporation, the Scottish Mesopotamia Corporation Limited and several other British companies who wished to send trade missions to Baghdad, Basra and elsewhere in the region, to investigate commercial opportunities.
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