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‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’ [‎42v] (89/119)

The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps). It was created in 1919. 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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APPENDIX XV.
Agricultural Directorate Advances.

Mr. Ward’s
Estimate.
Actuals to
end
December.
Estimated
for
1918-1919.


A portion of this
is recoverable.
Recoverable.
Estimated Expenditure of the Agricultural Directorate in Mesopotamia from July, 1918, to March 3lst, 1919.,

Probable
total outlay
to end of
December, 1918.
Estimated total
outlay from
January, 1919, to
end March, 1919.
Estimated outlay
from July,
1918, to end of
March, 1919.
Circle Officers (a)—
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Basrah—
Establishment
Rs. 23,697
Contingencies
24,000
47,697
Baghdad—
Establishment
12,581
Contingencies
28,569
41,150
Total Circle Officers
88,847
Directorate H.Q.—
Director
9,000
B. 0’s
54,904
Office establishment—
B.O.R
... 1
I.O.R
... ^
12,425
Local
... J

Office contingencies
37,543
Total Directorate
1,13,872
Ration to date
40,000
Transport ...
26,000
Grand Total A.D. Mesopotamia
2,68,719
1,31,281
4,00,000
(a) Includes Rs. 1,929 for maintenance of Demonstration Farms in Baghdad Wilayat which are under
Agricultural Circle Officers.
(Signed) J. O’BRIEN, Major,
Audit Officer, Irrigation and Agriculture.
1. Directorate Staff and
contingencies.
2. Seeds ...
3. Cattle ...
4. Pumps
5. Agricultural advances
Total
Rs. •
Rs.
Rs.
2,68,710
4,00,000
Director says one more
34,50,000
13,50,000
13,50,000
lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees should suffice.
Rs. 31,000 added for a
round figure.
This is recoverable.
10,000 tons
6,00,000
1,51,512
1,92,600
Demand reduced to 300
24,00,000
35,00,000
36,20,000
pr : for D.A., 600 for
Civil population. Pro
vision made for 1,800
less 1,416 arrived al
ready.
Charged in full as pumps
40,00,000
1,20,000
(freight).
2,08,011
6,00,000
though not all im
ported have all been
purchased.
I provide for the whole
1,04,50,000
55,98,223
61,61,600
allotment. It seems
improbable that all
will be spent.

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The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure of agricultural and irrigation schemes put in place in Mesopotamia for 1918 and 1919, and administered by the Imperial Government; b) the extent to which expenditure on agriculture and irrigation schemes, charged against Imperial Army Funds, is necessary for the prosecution of war; c) infrastructure development in Mesopotamia (facilities at Basrah [Basra] port; railways; telegraphs, telephones and post; water supply; electrical and mechanical installations), and questions of their financial support through military and civil funds.

The appendices include: maps illustrating the scope and geographical detail of the agricultural and irrigation schemes; correspondence providing context into the circumstances surrounding the need for and implementation of the schemes; statistical data, including: irrigation scheme expenditure; capacity at Basrah port; valuation of the dockyard; admission rates for Indian troops and followers with scurvy for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918; valuation of telegraph apparatus, telephone lines.

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1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)
Arrangement

The report is divided into paragraphs numbered 1 through to 82, with paragraph subjects and page numbers provided in an index preceding the report (f 3v). A list of the appendices, numbered I through to XXVIII follows the report (f 35). Appendices I-IV are maps (ff 52-56), enclosed in the sleeve at the back of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 57; 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.

Pagination: the file contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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