‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’ [‎29v] (63/94)

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Directorate for lack of information, so that I am unable to say what proportion they bear to the total supplied)
and assuming that other minor departments also will spend as much for Irrigation from November to March
as was spent from April to November, we could make the following estimate for the year now ending •—
Rs.
Already accounted for 44,38,000
Add Irrigation, December to March 12,80,000
Add “ Labour,” December to March (14,41 -f SO per cent.) 21,61,000
Add “ Park ” Stores, December to March * 4,50,000
Add Miscellaneous Minor Directorates 1,33,000
£
(295,867)
(85,333)
(144,066)
(30,000)
(8,867)
The total for Works only, may be estimated at
84,62,000 (564,133)
The figure is only put forward as an estimate. It may be five lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , it may even be ten lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees out either
way. I should think that plus or minus five lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees (£35,000) would probably be about correct.
5. Passing to Mr. Ward’s figures for Establishment, viz.:—
Executive Rs. 14,00,000 (£93,333), Direction Rs. 1,35,000 (£9,000), these figures were made out by me
in consultation with the Director. We assumed that the sanctioned War Establishment would be filled quicker
than it was ; we had no definite information of what the rate of pay of officers would be, for Indian staff we put
down roughly double of what similar employees would get in India. We did not include the cost of rationing
the staff. e
The figures of expenditure [booked to the end of October, estimated from November to March ion the
October figures)] are :— ‘ ' '
• R s -
J xecutlve 3 •. .11,83,000
bupenntendence and Direction ... • ... 2,74 000
Total
14,57,000 (£97,133)
against the forecast of Rs. 15,35,000 (£102,333). Rs. 14,57,000 includes rations. The forecast did not.
... 6 ' F “ r ‘'“'’Port Mr. Word estimated Rs. 2,50,000 (£16,666). This figure also was taken out in consultation
tn tFe , Director a “ d , m r e,f I 1 oa ? not traoe the papers on which we worked out the figure, but my recollection
l^ghfco^r the'cott 6 " mf0rmatl0n ° f the 0081 of transport, we put down a tentative figure which we thought
over the nhe mSTavT^ 1 ° f "'T' T’ m ° t0r “T' 08 ’ and motor or3team boa ts employed to date
over the nme months, May to January (records are incomplete before May) is “
Motor cars (mostly “ Fords ”)
Motor bicycles
Water transport *" "*
wo MnftVe^opmxTafe coTt ^ • fot ““ct Officers.' j have n0 for transport for
at Rs. 100 a month, this gives us a figure Trs^I W ^ Ks ; 500 and a m ° tor Cycle
Directorate for these nine 8 months. § ’ ’ for cars and motor c ydcs alone as debitable to the
been 0 alUteTfo t ra n rn^^YlL n0 m inf tr atl T 0n faCt that an avera 8 e of 20 la ™e b es of sorts has
the’D^^tomte r for^x < months I1 wt6eh^ 1S J “T , lnfo ™ ed * hat there was onc ‘‘ st *rn wheeler ” attached to
for hire charges alone—apart from the cost. oHuellinil m’, OTVners at Rs - 17 '' a da 7 ( sa y Rs. 5,000 a month)
any saving on 24 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees if ever T irriv f nd . nmnin 8 ex P e nses. I do not think that there will be
(£20,000) would be a safer figure to take a^anTsrimate^Tth^ 7 1 think that P robably 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
might summarise the figures given above and notpTw ^ K P r , obabIe ^P^diture to the end of March. We
expenditure of Irrigate Directorate for the financial ytr ^ ° f ^ Pr ° bable
Rs. £
84,62,000 (564,133)
Jitn ? ncll ! de8 cbar g es for ^rses ; and rations of all kinds)
’ ' ( m echanical transport for District and touring Officers only)
Works ...
Establishment.
Transport
14,57,000
3,00,000
Total 1,02,19,00 (681,266)
(Signed) J. O’BRIEN, Major,
Audit Officer,
Irrigation and Agricultural Department.