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File 4613/1919 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: Land Policy (Tenure and Acquisition) (General file)' [319v] (78/98)
The record is made up of 1 item (48 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1917-16 Apr 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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agricultural policy,and tenancy laws,are still unsettled,and
ir in adciition the constitution of tie State,and its general
policy and system of administration,are still indeterminate, it
would seem most inexpedient to embark ol| a system of leasing out
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State lands to Europeans,or European or otjber non-domiciled
Companies or syndicates. The State would not .now what it was
giving;and it would almost certainly find itself most seriously
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embarrassed later on by the powerful interests which it had cr
ted.( I have had six years experience in an Indian district wh
large land grants were given,in the Mutiny days,to European
settlers. The system did not,I think,work satisfactorily;the
grants were left to develope themselves;and they advanced at no
faster pace than they would have had no grants been made.They
reased enormously in value,and the Govt: now find they have al
ated properties which would have brought in very large revenues,
without securing anything in return. Opinion in India trends
very strongly in favour of the Canal Colonies system,as in force
in the Punjab. )
20/8/19.
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This item consists of part one of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and particularly relates to the sale, leasing or granting of land to persons other than domiciled inhabitants of the territories (e.g. British, British Indian, and European subjects). The part mostly consists of correspondence but also includes notifications, minutes and proclamations, including a copy of the Land Settlement Proclamation (1920). The notifications relate to restrictions imposed by the British on the alienation of immoveable property within the occupied territories to persons other than Arabs of the occupied territories.
The principal correspondents are the Acting Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), 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 Foreign Office.
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