!['Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E' [‎14v] (32/62)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000184/IOR_L_PS_20_C149_0033.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E' [‎14v] (32/62)")
'Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E' [14v] (32/62)
The record is made up of 1 volume (29 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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Eates on goods are levied on the ton weight of all goods conveyed on steamers
either entering or leaving the port.
Other sources of port revenue—such as rents from land and buildings, use of
cranes, graving docks, machinery, etc., vary according to local circumstances in
different ports.
As a rule charges for special accommodation to vessels or goods should at least
equal the expenditure on the part of the Port authority, but there are occasions
when a graving dock or floating crane is worked at a loss because it is not sufficiently
used to pay expenses, and yet the port would not be properly equipped without it
and might indirectly suffer from the want of same.
(23) The following is a list of rates and dues which may reasonably be expected
to form the revenue of the Port of Basra, but under present conditions it is im
practicable to suggest charges to meet each case.
List of rates CHARGES ON VESSELS.
and dues proposed / -x -n
at Basra. {i) Fort dues. —A charge per ton on the nett registered tonnage of all vessels
arriving in the port.
{ii) Wharfage charges. —A charge either per registred ton or per day, for
the use of the wharves and jetties.
(m) Mooring hire and Harbour Masters' fees. —A charge per day or per
registered ton on every vessel using a swinging mooring, and a fee on
every occasion that a Harbour Master moves a vessel.
{iv) Cargo hoat and passenger hoat licenses. —It is usual in every river port
for cargo and passenger boats plying for hire to be registered and
charged a fee for a license.
DUES ON GOODS.
W A- charge per ton on all goods arriving or departing on a sea-going vessel
within the port.
{ii) A charge for the use of the wharves and jetties when goods are either
landed on or shipped from a wharf set aside for sea-going steamers.
(Hi) Demurrage charges, ground rents and warehouse rents.
INLAND VESSELS' TRADE.
It is usual for the port authority to provide accommodation for river
steamers and to charge an annual rent or tonnage charge for the use
of the landing stages and goods-sheds, and also a small tonnage rate
on all goods landed or shipped.
LAND RENTS.
A considerable revenue may be anticipated from port lands rented out
to merchants and traders.
CONCLUSION.
(24) A new era will set in after the war, when the opportunities for British
trade in Mesopotamia and Persia will be immeasurably increased.
Port development has invariably been followed by increase of trade and
population, and no time should be lost in making preparations at the Port of Basra
for the trade that is bound to come at the termination of the war. There is a great
deal of preliminary work to be done and I submit it would be the height of folly
to defer action until the trade is clamouring for accommodation.
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This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D".
The details of the reports are as follows:
1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 1-7);
This report is separated into the following sub-headings:
(a) General Description of the River.
(b) Physical Characteristics.
(c) Obstructions to Navigation.
(d) Removal of the Outer Bar.
(e) Lighting and Buoying.
(f) Pilotage.
(g) Financial.
(h) Conclusion.
A number of charts and plans referred to in the report are contained in a seperate pocket at the rear of the folder (folios 21-29).
2) 'Report on the Development of the Port of Basra' (folios 8-18)
This report is separated into the following sub-headings:
1) Suitability of Basra as the Principal Port of Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
2) Trade Prospects.
3) Administration.
4) Works and Equipment.
5) Import Trade.
6) Export Trade.
7) Inland Vessels' Trade.
8) Trade with Southern Persia.
9) Miscellaneous private trades and industries.
10) Finance.
11) Charges on Vessels.
12) Dues on Goods.
13) Inland Vessels' Trade.
14) Land Rents.
15) Conclusion.
This report includes an appendix entitled 'A brief note on the future development of the Port of Basra and its communications by land and water, by Sir George Buchanan, Kt., C.I.E., Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force, "D" (folios 16-18).
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- 1 volume (29 folios)
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Two thematic reports followed by a number of maps and charts that are referred to in the first report.
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A bound volume with a pocket attached to its inside rear cover containing nine fold-out maps.
There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last of the various maps that are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 29.
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