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File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’ [321r] (651/709)
The record is made up of 1 volume (350 folios). It was created in 17 May 1916-9 Sep 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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Xi.o]i« me Chi 0 i of the G-eneral Staff 4 Simla.
10 Inspector G-eneral Conmrani(^tiona ? h^erah.
No. 80053, f I
rated tiie £0tli September 1916.
Your 743 of 9 th Set.
ptemoer
l .preferred to Director YYrine and following is his reply.
idiiJ^LaL* filling to assist date shipments as much as
possible but as every ship is a different tonna 0 e all
ships hire is different, following points are for
wOiit>-LCi ei ciOicn oc-n Si^i^.pers ^uaiantee a a at e i or foaumg
aates at Lcnr from transport otherwise programme int erf erred
with* Snippers must peg xor snip from ante ship is eapty
Government Stores until she is clear of dates and cleaned
after currying dates this is most important cleaning
takes a great deal of time. To make a uniform charge,
shippers should be charged cost of replacement of largest
vessels plus her coal as it is quite likely Government
will need to impress another vessel for this suggest
uniform rates of x Quads two nun&red and tnirty per aiem
which is cost of replacement of snip such as Chanda.
Cannot charge cost of hire plus percentage of coal as
suggested otherwise there will be varying rates for
different ships which would no doubt cause trouble amon a
shippers* Please inf our me decision arrived ah ouw in
view of shortage of shippin 0 and the probable necessity
of employing more ships strongly deprecate transports
being used if it can possibly be avoided but recognise for
political reasons it mar oe necessary * xlease
*
wire your views c^s early as possible.
| Received on 1 POV 1 b1 6 witli
IRDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter. No. 7 *7 M
Rated 29 191B
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basra (as well as from Muscat), in view of Mesopotamia’s status as enemy territory; in 1917, proposals to prohibit the export of dates from Mesopotamia to destinations other than Britain or its wartime allies; in 1917, the supply of dates to British troops in France, including arrangements for purchase and freight by the War Office; a copy of a printed British diplomatic and consular report entitled ‘Turkey. Report for the Year 1913 on the Trade of Basra’, edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade (ff 293-303); reports in early 1918 that the demand for dates in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. exceeded supply, leading to the Foreign Office’s initial decision to decline a request from the Government of the USA for the Hills Brothers Company of New York to export dates from Mesopotamia, a decision that was reversed in March 1918; price controls on dates for export, arranged in 1918; correspondence dated 1919 on the future policy of restrictions on dates exported from Mesopotamia.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Chief Political Officer of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Ministry of Food.
The volume contains a single item in French, being a note from the French Ambassador in London (f 69).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (350 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:10v, 15r:22v, 25r:62v, 64r:68v, 70r:105v, 108r:141v, 145r:156v, 157ar:157av, 157v:199v, 202r:214v, 216r:243v, 248r:289v, 291r:294v, 296r:349v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence