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File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments' [‎150v] (114/135)

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The record is made up of 1 item (65 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1919-18 Nov 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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mt- , Hrm-haffi is not disposedjto question
the figures which appear to have been
arrived at after consultation between
the Civil and Military authorities in
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Baghdad.
5. As regards the question vfoether
the occupying power should acquire
land without paying for the appreciation
which results indirectly from the fac
of occupation, I am to invite a
reference to Proclamation of the
in C, dated 1st.April 1919(printed as
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ihfJj lh
Proclamation No.42 in the Compilation
of Proclamations & Notices, etc, in
force, published in September 1919^
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(Copy enclosed for facility of reference).
It wattM be observed that land
compulsorily acquired for State pur#^e
will be paid for at the market value
which obtained either on the date of
the occupation of Basra by H.B.M.'s
Forces, or on such subsequent date
ses
previous to the 1st.April 1919 on which
a bona fide transaction t##k place.
Mr.Montagu considers that it would be
impossible to penaliseethe owner
of a particular Estate required by
Government

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This item consists of part seven 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 arrangements for a proposed British military cantonment in the vicinity of Baghdad.

The correspondence discusses the selection and purchase of suitable land, particularly the question of whether the land should be purchased by the British civil administration or by the War Office. Also discussed more generally is the provision of barrack accommodation in Mesopotamia and Palestine.

Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), the Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn in an officiating capacity, succeeded by General James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane), and 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 this part is a plan showing the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad.

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