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Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’ [6r] (10/364)
The record is made up of 1 file (182 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935. It was written in English and French. 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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Navigation Oompany anc of Messrs,, G„ & jJ. Norton; and
their request for guidance in respect of the navigation
rights of the Euphrates & Tigris Ste&ui Navigation Company
are oases in point* Ca these occasions the right of His
Majesty*s Representative to afford support to the
Corporation has never been questioned by the Iraqi
Government
and I would suggest that there are.
in the
circumstances, good reasons for continuing some suoh
measure of support as fas hitherto been accorded to the
Corporation*
7o I consider t ic.t it would he a mistake to allow
the impression to gain ground that His Majesty’s Government
have withdrawn their sipport from the Corporation. It
vonId probably bo difficult in practice to give support to
British companies like the Euphrates & Tigris Steam
Navigation Company wit lout maintaining close relations with
the local corporation that represents them here.
8* I do not, of course, wish to depart from the
principle that only such companies as are British registered
ai^o legally entitled to British diplomatic support. I
understand, however, that His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom have at times countenanced a departure from
this rule and that it is sometimes allowable, in deciding
on the measure of aasi itance to be given to any given
company, to attach some weight to its connexions and the
situs of its capital holding, and not to regard the sikge
social as the sole criterion.
9. I venture to suggest, subject to your concurrence,
that the measure of assistance to bo given to the Mesopotamia
Persia Corporation should be determined after consideration
of/
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The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax Third Amendment Law of 1933 (these papers mainly concern shipping companies).
The file also includes papers relating to matters including: the right of the Euphrates Tigris Steam Navigation Company to navigate the rivers Tigris and Euphrates; alleged excessive freight rates on Iraqi exports; and the status of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited.
The papers largely consist of 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 correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: 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 Colonial Office; the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office; the High Commissioner for Iraq and the Secretary of State for the Colonies; and HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative at Baghdad) (with enclosures) and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The file includes three documents in French: copies of Vizierial letters of 2 April 1846 and 20 June 1862, and a copy of a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). issued on 29 December 1834.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-182; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
- Pages
- front, 2r:18v, 20r:23v, 30r:31v, 33r:34v, 43r:52v, 55r:71v, 73r:82v, 86r:90v, 93r:96v, 103r:129v, 132r:159v, 182r:182v, back
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