File 299/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation in the South; aeroplanes at Bushire; post-war garrisons in the Persian Gulf; question of withdrawal of British troops; War Minister's visit to the South, 1922' [‎337r] (678/746)

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Minute Paper.
Department.
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1309 C.W.C.
expenditure, 192
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Telegram from Viceroy. Finance Department, to Secretary of St ,
dated 20th January 1921. 3 oi btate -
Your^telegram dated 13th January 192,.. 208. Recoverable war
W ^ . vcitiiurlly i Hz' I , VI is: I
•'gures m following message are in lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. —
v^oomicitc we can inrnmh vrm ■«r,’+n .
which converted at 20d. the rupee amounts to “ wOl T'I T/* t0tal ° f 28 ’ 50 ’
up of following items:—(o) supply of funds tn li,,., '• 3 °tal figures are made
supplied by local authorities, 1 Z%' (I,) siipnlvof'fn Tw.'l ba f ed °“ information
information supplied by him. 4 (>1 ^ of funds to Colonel Osborne based on
drafts and stores to l suppled f 01 tdD ?(» ■ C bM® 65 ^ of
ordnance, 1,20; secondly, clothing 18 exclusive of I V l* sup phes of stores, firstly,
thirdly, remounts, 5; supply and transport, S be from surnlns J.’
ir^nc? m 4-l 1 • t i • n
and other formations mafmai^d in‘Tndk’Wd, , T ° tal ’ V ’ 81 '
inclusive of share of administrative services I 40 • 01 0Versea ? S alTisons .
charges in connection with despatch of drafts ’and Jl ‘ ran . s P ort aml incidental
forces on leave in India, S5 • Oft cdiarce of ners n , 0 es . a : ,d Wl } h ™en from oversea
cost for three months inclusive of share of exnci fbti rc "('"'"d ' en . l0,J1 i 1 r iatl011 ’ being
will be returned to India towards the end of February !md n, later months fn
(//) moiety of extra expenditure in Aden 9 5 • (i) c . e
infantry for post-war garrison of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. norW o • 7^ ,V Q
crernt from sale dTsurplus stores, 1,511" " — L_ UJl 2iL» { J) aec,uct
• > \ Estimate for supplies of stores are based on indents received from Meso
pot nia an . d Eg { pt - lnden t. io r supply and transport stores for Mesopotamia is
based on strength o( trooos in the comitrv nf 90, ind + onn T t
jnet from surplus stores ;
\ e ) host of depots
maintained in Mesopotamia during next year.
1 1 b We ' VOu1 :, 1 ask Y 0 " t0 arrai 'ge with War Office that proper indents as approved
n' latter for all stores required from India for troops in Mesopotamia, Egypt
.1 alestme and Black bea should be forwarded through von to us. We shall then
make definite arrangements for the supply of articles, and no cancellation of indents
will he permitted without our concurrence, while articles not included in indent will
not be supplied until further notification authorising is received from War Office
through you.
b. Estimate makes no provision for reliefs for units serving overseas at
commencement of next financial year. We do not know yet what policy His Majesty’s
Government will adopt in this connection. If special units have to be raised in India
for relieving regular units serving overseas, entire cost of raising such units will be
a charge against His Majesty’s Government. Estimates given in this telegram have
not been yet finally examined. If any corrections are found necessary as the result of
this final examination, they will be telegraphed to you by the end of this month.