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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV' [23r] (45/270)
The record is made up of 1 file (132 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920. 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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• 120/Gen .No/6792.
Tcxf- G.C*0., Ba^idad
PRIORITY.
.5.20
/oode/n.R.3/3248.
Your ^/5543/1 May 15th and preceding cables regarding
^ cost of I.W.T. organisation.
Hot clear how your charges for conveyance Basra to
Kut and Baghdad by I.d.T. are ca.lculated,, Quantities to be
carried daily multiplied by rates mentioned do not work out
to total costs quoted for year.
2. How much of your estimated expenditure is due to
auxiliary services such as dockyards repairs dredging etc
and how much of this would cease to be an a my liability if
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fleet were sold.
3« You have mentioned £30,000 revenue for carriage of
oil for railways. Do you anticipate any revenue from other
sources? If so send details.
4. Cannot Civil Administration take delivery at Basra
of the 117 tons daily you carry for then and make their own
arrangements for conveyance? Or would this minimise capacity
of railway for military traffic?
5* Send also by mail full report on above points with
list of fleet you propose to retain showing vessels in use and
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✓ in reserve. Report should also include classified statement
of anticipated expenditure on operation, maintenance and shore
es tab li shmen ts .
6« * Regarding terms of service of personnel. Letter
0/5167 March 31st not yet to hand. Contracts for rixed period
should be avoided as far as possible. Where these are necessary
period should not exceed 3 months from June 1st.
iv'R5 . copies to U.S. of S*
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Planning, reconnaissance, and surveying for a proposed direct Baghdad-Haifa ('Trans-Arabian') line
- Costs and expenditure
- Transition from military to civil administration.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
The file contains two maps, both showing railway lines in the region (folios 132-133). The file also includes a newspaper cutting of an article on the Baghdad-Basra railway, from The Pioneer Mail , dated 5 December 1919 (folio 92).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:91v, 93r:131v, 134r, 135v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence