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File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.' [191r] (21/56)
The record is made up of 1 item (22 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1919-7 May 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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(I 8579) From Secretary of State to Civil Commissi oner, Baghdad, .
12th February 1920.
Your telegram, of 12th October, Yo. 12141. Applications regarding land and
commercial concessions.
Proposals (3) Basrah Tramways; (4) site for refinery; (5) and (G) water
\ supply ; (8) water supply and electric light. All approved.
Proposal (2). Pulp concession not approved.
Proposal (10). Your attitude regarding enquiries for agricultural concessions
approved.
Proposal (1). Cawnpore Woollen Mills. Please telegraph how matter stands.
, Do you recommend allotment of building site on grounds -of definite public utility ?
4 on will understand that trading concessions cannot be granted.
Proposal (7). Civil lines. I have no information regarding this scheme. Please
report fully.
Proposal (9). Do you consider provision of tramways urgently necessary.
Principle adopted is that grant of concessions should be avoided, but running
concerns may be disposed of, and reasonable facilities, e.g., allotment of sites, &c.,
. may be given to enterprises of public utility and urgent importance, on understanding
that agricultural schemes are excluded, and that no action must be taken to prejudice
the agricultural policy of the future Iraq Government, in all cases previous reference
should be made to His Majesty’s Government.
These remarks do not appH to Mosul Vilayet, where your present policy of
avoiding recommendations, unless exceptional circumstances arise, should be
continued.
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This item consists of part five 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 proposed construction by the British authorities.
The part contains correspondence discussing a proposed new civil station and military cantonment, which would be located in the southern vicinity of Baghdad. Correspondents include the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Officiating Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn), and officials of 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 War Office.
Included with this part are several plans showing the layout of the proposed sites, as well as the layout of a proposed Baghdad railway.
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- File 4613/1919 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy. Land for Civil Cantonment.'
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- 183r:188v, 188ar:188bv, 189r:199v, 199ar:199av, 200r:205v, 205ar:205bv
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