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File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST' [61r] (121/192)
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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/nj 0 T 191?
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l:y Lord
oonoernod Tuonselvos to secure thr-.t tiie revenues in the .
r PurldLsh territory now in British occupation which had been
assigned to the Oounoil of Bondholders for the service of
the Ottoman Debt should continue to be collected under the
British regime^ and that careful accounts or their amount
should be Kept in view of the ultimate .Settlement which.mast
be arrived at concerning v the incidence of the old Ottoman
Debt. Having declared a surplus on the year to 31 lurch 191C
and having invested it in a special account, l^r Lords thinb
that it would be unfortunate to re-open the account and apply
any part’ of the i -oney so set aside "or the pur nse of the
capital development «st subsequent needs of Hesopotonia. r hi:
argument would not apply to mf sixrplus available in respect
of the period subsequent to that date. !!y Lords have no
information on this subject however and Ijsn to inquire v/hat
1 has been the total revenue and expenditure in the occupied
! terrHories for the year 1916-17. end the estimated revenue
\ anc l expenditure for the current year, as well as the anounv
The Under Secretary of State
Foreign 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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