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‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’ [‎40v] (85/94)

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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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Content

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)
Arrangement

The report is divided into three sections, with appendices at the back of the volume.

Physical characteristics

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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55
Title
‘REPORT FOR THE ARMY COUNCIL ON MESOPOTAMIA’
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:40v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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