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File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.' [28r] (66/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (303 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1904-28 Mar 1929. 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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T.K,
Bewley, Esq.,
H.Ll. Treasury.
Bear Bew ley,
The ease about which I spoke to Barnes yesterday on
the telephone is that of Mr. J.C. Gaskin, formerly Commercial
Assistant to the Political Besident in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, who was
detained in Constantinople during certain years of the war.
During this period (October 1916 -August 1918 ) his salary which,
for the purpose of these transactions, was expressed in
sterling at £ 35 ° a year, was paid to him in Turkish pounds
through the American Embassy. We refunded the Foreign Office
in sterling at the rate of £ 35 ° a y ea r but they now tell us
(their letter K.2218/2218/244 dated 20th February 1928 ) that
the n Salary was paid on a gold basis !t , by which vie assume is
meant that he was paid as many Turkish pounds for each pound
sterling as would have resulted from the sale in Turkey of the
gold contained in a sovereign, and they ask us to pay them an
amount equal to the number of Turkish pounds r. Gaskin
received converted into sterling n at the official rates of
exchange tf . The average rates at which Hr. Gaskin’s sterling
salary was converted into Turkish pounds "on a gold basis"
was about 250 piastres to the pound, (£977 produced £T2420)
whereas the "official rates" over the period seem to have
averaged about 133 piastres to the pound (i.e. the Foreign
Office, as reimbursement for the £T 2A20 ask us to pay £1825)*
What we should like to know is how the "official rate"
was arrived at and why it differed to such an extent from the
"gold basis" rate. Can you explain?
There is another point on which you can probably throw
some light. The decision to pay Mr. Gaskin "on a gold basis"
as
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The correspondence discusses the appointment of John Calcott Gaskin as Commercial Assistant to the British Consul at Bagdad in 1906, and the decision for his salary to be paid jointly by the British Government Treasury and the Government of India.
Following the outbreak of The First World War the correspondence discusses Mr Gaskin's internment in Aleppo and arrangements that were made through the US Consulate in Aleppo for continued payment of his salary until he was able to return to England in 1918.
The later correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Accountant General at 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 Department of the Government of India discusses the amounts paid to Mr Gaskin during his time in Bagdad and Aleppo, including outstanding monies due to him, and the decision to grant him furlough on his return to England before commencing an appointment in Mesopotamia [Iraq].
The volume is part 1 of 1. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (303 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 636 ( Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ) consists of 1 part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 303; 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.
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- File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:23v, 25r:67v, 70r:84v, 89r:128v, 132r:300v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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