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‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’ [36r] (76/94)
The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). 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 XXIII.
Valuation of Dockyard.
^ vef ] ^ ta ^ s °f the total cost of the dockyard and the various structures, as
estimated by the Director-General, Inland Water Transport
Machine shops... ...
Fitters’ shop and tool store
Power house, boiler shop and sawmill
Smithy and foundry
Engine room and circular saw
Pumping station and oil engine repair shoj
Refrigerating plant
Officers’ quarters; general offices; ser
vants’ quarters and store ; offices and
sappers’ quarters ; dockyard stores and
racks ; canteen ; electrical store ; acety
lene welding store ; offices, messroom.
store and water station ; engine and
spare parts store ; spare gear store No. 1 ;
blacksmiths’ and carpenters’ shop ; coal
store and boat builders’ shop ; latrines ;
native quarters ; spare gear racks ; hos
pital and water tanks ; cookhouse and
quarters ; dockmaster’s office ; up-river
works store No. 2 ; time offices ; boiler
plate rack and coal bin, hospital, &c.
Stores
Water tanks ...
Cranes ...
Drainage system
Fire and water
Lighting
Wharves and jetties
Wastage
Bridges, dolphins and
Wet basin
Slipways
Motor workshops
10-ton derrick
Destructor and decauvilles
Earth filling
Cost of No. 1 Dockvard—Total
mooring berths
Earthwork.
Buildings.
Machinery.
Total.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
£
—
49,126
90,070
1,39,196
(9,280)
—
47,591
34,075
81,666
(5,444)
—
31,556
90,188
1,21,744
(8,116)
—
38,234
28,929
67,163
(4,477)
—
1,031
4,590
5,621
(375)
—
8,601
16,978
25,579
(1,705)
11,909
32,925
44,834
(2,989)
7,33,169
7,33,169
(48.878)
—
1,89,630
—
1,89,630
(12,642)
—
6,928
—
6,928
(462)
—
. —
42,000
42,000
(2,800)
—
51.020
—
51,020
(3,401)
—
68,091
—
68,091
(4,539)
—
82.500
1,70,010
2,52,510
(16,834)
—
9,82,615
—
9,82,615
(65,508)
—
91,300
—
91,300
(6.087)
—
76,950
—
76,950
(5,130)
3,75,000
—
—'
3,75,000
(25,000)
3,75,000
8,47,500
3,82,500
16,05,000
(107,000)
—
1,05,990
79,950
1,85,940
(12,396)
—
—
36,120
36,120
(2,408)
—
13,365
—
13.365
(891)
38,760
—
—
38,760
(2,584)
7,88.760
34.37,106
10,08,335
52,34,201 (£348,946)
(£52,581)
(£229,140)
(£67,222)
APPENDIX XXIV.
Estimate of Cost of Magil Yard with Accessories.
Stores and workshops ... ...
Rs.
6,97,575
£
(46,505)
Officers’ quarters and offices
...
4,18,605
(27,907)
Hutments
...
6,45,750
(43,050)
General sundries
98,940
(6,596)
Jetties ... ... ...
8,65,805
(57,720)
Slipways ... ... ...
1,81,470
(12,098)
Fire system
71,700
(4,780)
Water system ..•. ... ...
1,12,500
(7,500)
Machinery
1,43,910
(9,594)
Total cost of No. 2 Magil Yard ...
— 32,36,255
(215,750)
I 2
(C 1781)
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The volume consists of a report that was prepared for the Army Council by Sir John Prescott Hewett on the administration and finance of irrigation and agriculture schemes in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The report is divided into three main sections:
- The Scheme for Agricultural Development in 1918.
- Agricultural Development in 1919.
- Undertakings of Permanent Value for Mesopotamia.
The report also includes a number of appendices at the back of the volume, which include four maps located in a pocket on the inside back cover: folios 41-44.
The report was published by the War Office in London in 1919.
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- 1 volume (43 folios)
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The report is divided into three sections, with appendices at the back of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; 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.
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