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File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.' [36r] (82/616)
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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and address—
not to any person by name,
on this subject, please quote
no. K 2218/2218/244
In any further communication
(
i
Foreign Office,, g.^ 7.1
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W '
ECth February, 1928
Sir,
With reference to Foreign Office letter of the 10th
£1,825.
April 1920 (K 2909/562/244) which was sent in reply to India
Office note of February 16th 1920 (P.1088) on the subject of
sums expended on behalf of Mr. J. C. Gaskin from the British
Belief Fund at Constantinople, I am directed by Secretary
Sir Austen Chamberlain to state that from a further examina
tion of the accounts of the fund it appears that an
additional sum is due from the Government of India in respect
of this expenditure.
2. Mr. Gaskin*s salary was paid on a gold basis and the
total sum charged in the Belief Fund accounts as advance to
Mr. Gaskin amounts to £12,420.1067. Details of this sum are
shown in the enclosed statement which is supported by
vouchers with the exception of the first item which is
referred to in 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.
letter of the 9th January
1920 (P.5294/19).
2. The sterling equivalent of the sum of £12,420.1067
at the official rates of exchange amounts to one thousand
eight hundred and twenty five pounds. Payment of nine
hundred and seventy six pounds eighteen shillings and three
pence having already been made by the Government of India
the
The Under-Secretary of State,
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.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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