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File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST' [40r] (79/192)
The record is made up of 1 item (93 folios). It was created in 31 Aug 1917-7 Jun 1920. 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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Any further communication on this
subject should be addressed to—
The Secretary,
War Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
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Sir,
With reference to
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.
letter to the Foreign
Office dated 18th October 1917, and to the enclosed
copy of a Treasury letter to the Foreign Office dated 5th
August 1918, 30075/18, I am commanded by the Army Council to
request that all expenditure incurred in connection with the
purchase of land at liagil, Mesopotamia, may be entered as a
separate item in the India Of fice" Accounts rendered to this
Office, and that the nature'of the expenditure may be indicated
briefly, as purchase money, costs etc.
I am also to request that, as soon as practicable
after the completion of the transaction, the Army Council may
be supplied with a schedule of the properties bought within
the authority given, with names etc. of vendors, areas, dates
of purchase, amounts paid, costs and other incidental expenses;
also with the deeds in original, or certified copies or
translations thereof, and illustrative plans./
It would be convenient that the properties should be
vested in His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the
Y/ar Department; possibly arrangements can be made for this to
be done either by direct conveyance from the owners or by
subsequent deed.
I am.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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The Under Secretary of State,
India Office
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This item consists of part eight of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to the acquisition of land by the British for military purposes.
The part is largely concerned with the acquisition of land in Magil [Al Ma‘qil]. Included in the correspondence is a copy of a set of enclosures, sent from the Government of India's Army Department to the Secretary of State for India, which features correspondence between the General Officer Commanding, Force D, and the Chief of General Staff, Simla; in addition to correspondence, the enclosures contain a number of appendices comprised of tables of figures relating to rights and land holdings in Magil.
The correspondence discusses the legality of the acquisition under Ottoman law, as well as expenditure matters, such as whether the cost of acquisition should be debited to local revenues or military funds.
Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson) the Viceroy of India (Frederic John Napier Thesiger, or Lord Chelmsford), and various officials of the Foreign Office, 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 War Office, and the Treasury.
Included with the part is a plan of land at Magil and a plan of a proposed site generating station in Basra.
The French language material consists of one enclosure to an item of correspondence.
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- File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'
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- 1r:22v, 24r:65v, 65ar:65av, 66r:93v, 93ar:93av, 94r:94v
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