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File 74/1915 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Banking Facilities' [109r] (59/128)
The record is made up of 1 item (63 folios). It was created in 9 Oct 1918-3 Aug 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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«;7833) Wt. I'1490/57 Qp.163 300Q 11 18 WB&L
Draft Paper.
political and secret Department.
*See Viceroy’s teleexain of the
2nd No vernber, 1918,
trite*,
ct^d U~&y
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From Baghdad No. 8517, dated
9th October, 1918.
Baghdad No. 9517 dated/
5th November, 1918.
" Viceroy, dated 2nd
November, 1918.
interest themselves in the matter
on behalf of the Alliance Bank of
Simla. Tlx.
A^TVirM H^ . 3
Government of India*. "Sis sen ted
from the Civil Commissioner’s
proposals, basing their opinion^in
respect to J.fessrs. Boulton)on
local experience of the Simla
Bankj But it appears from
Messrs. Boulton’s letter of the
3rd April that the firm have since
strengthened their connection by
the establishment of a bank at
Cairo, it is -peshasc for
(ZitA. /W2*fcrr\ /p
consideration whether«<->n the
fas(jvrli*rn
altered olrour«Wuaj4cfls ^ their
1 suitabdd-itp^ need an-y-
i
•Wtge-r be questioned.
!!r. Montagu would be glad to
be favoured with the views of the
Department of Overseas Trade as to
the reply to be returned to the
firm’s application.
Copies of the telegrams cited
above are enclosed for convenience
of reference.
A copy of this letter is being
communicated to the Foreign Office.
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This part contains papers relating to banking facilities in the occupied (by the British) territory of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers consist of correspondence, 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. Minute Papers and internal notes.
The file includes papers relating to: the views of the Government of India and the Department of Overseas Trade on the question of extending banking facilities in the occupied territory; the application of Boulton Bros. & Co. to open a branch of the Alliance Bank of Egypt at Basra; the application of Tata Industrial Bank Limited to open a branch at Basra; and the request by the Colonial Bank for assistance to be given by the local authorities in Baghdad to Mr T Langdon-Bruce and Mr H E Weber, being sent by the Bank to enquire into the conditions obtaining in Mesopotamia and prospects for trade in the country.
The correspondence is mostly between 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. and the following: the Viceroy (of India), Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (including telegrams sent from ‘Political, Baghdad’); Boulton, Bros. & Co.; the Department of Overseas Trade; and the Colonial Bank.
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- 80r:80v, 82r:82v, 85r:89v, 91r:97v, 99r:110v, 112r:121v, 122v:143v
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