File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST' [62r] (123/192)
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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of the old assigned revenues for Mtloh His r&jesty’s
Goverment nay be aoootmtable (a) up to 31st Xhrch 1917 ,
am (b) to 31st Haroh 191B.
As regards the nsrits of the proposed purchase,
Vfy Lords have some difficulty in f o llowLng from the papers
aim plan "ormarded %rhat is the area of the land proposed
to be acquired, I on te ’ioiquire whether They are correct
in thlrikiny it to be approzhaately 1,400 acres. They
gather that most of this considerable area is already in
Oovernient occupation* and that it is intended that
purchase shall be by agreement with the proprietors. This
latte r point however is not clear and* if there is power
to taV:e land .compu.lsoril;/, I m to inquire v/hether an?/
detriment to t3.ie public interest would ci. :/ delay i
effecting the purchase until the political situation is
more definite. Xf it were possible to defer purchase until
the permanent occupation is decided upon and then to buy
at the prices of the valuation now before Them it would
appear desirable to confine the Government action in tlx
meantime to regulating the erection of t»ixldin?‘;e and
development in the area*
I am*
IW Lord,
Your obedient) Servant
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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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- 1r:22v, 24r:65v, 65ar:65av, 66r:93v, 93ar:93av, 94r:94v
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