File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [‎240r] (205/254)

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ferred payments spread over a reasonable period. Some such ar
rangement is necessary in consequence of the increasing demands
for capital in our business due to normal expansion and to the
present high prices of all commodities.
We are under the impression that His Majesty’s
Government would look favourably on the development of British
trade in Mesopotamia as soon as circumstances permit, and feel
that if we are able to make some such arrangement we should put
ourselves in a position financially to enable us to act in harmony
with their views without prejudice to our existing Indian business.
We shallbe extremely obliged if we may be favoured
with an expression of your opinion on these points.
You may be aware that we have interested ourselves
in the development of feeder railways in Bind, and the Writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. has
been on the British Board of the Trans-Persian Railway scheme
since the commencement of its studies.
We are, Sir,
Your obedient servants,
FORBES FORBES CAMPBELL k CO. LTD.,
for:
Chairman.