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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy, Mesopotamia. Vol III' [89r] (178/549)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 22 Jun 1918-5 Oct 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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Pron:- G.O.C. FosopotaniA•
To:- War Offic©.
X.5956 May 1st.
Your 76776 cipher v!*F t April 4thf Railv,ray expenditure in
Mesopotamia up to February 1919 was not allooatod between different
projects nor have detai^od debits from India for stores supplied
yet been received by us. Expenditure on Hillah - flasiriyah up to
April 1st cannot therefore be given with accuracy but is estimated
at
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
960,000 most of which is local expenditure, no military
labour employed. As regards expenditure after April 1st pleaso soo
Director of Railways letter 0/385/136 January 29ih sent you under my
£.2684 February 5th to which no reply lias yet boon received. You will
see fran this that costly works arc necessary to complete Basra -
Baghdad railway besides completing Nasiriyah Hillah portion. If
these arc approved expenditure for year ending March 31st, 1920 is
estimated at
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
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lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and 3000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
which includes
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
59
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and 58,000 local expenditure on wages
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
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and 50,000 on rations clothing and Indian I'ecruiting charges ri^pecs
100,000 expenditure on stores in India
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
USD,000 expenditure on
stores in England
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
96,000 military labour. The expendituro
will be incurred on ccmplotion of earthworks and laying rails on
line to Persian frontier and on items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 13
of Railways letter but will not of course fully complete those items.
Wo expenditure will bo Incurred on items 5, 7, 10,* 11 until future
policy is known. The information which you ask for by mail cannot
at presold) be given: in full. India has not yet sent us full
details of cost of rolling stock, plant etc. supplied during the war,
nor is cost of materials supplied by you known. Railways have not
at present staff available for preparation of detailed estimates but
vill send such information as is possible. Persian survey nor
extension tov.T.rds Mosul now under consideration are not included rn
above figures .
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and road transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] near the end of, and immediately following, 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
- Supply of railway materials, rolling stock, and personnel
- A proposed survey of Persia [Iran] for the purposes of railway building
- Demobilisation planning
- Transition from military to civil administration
- Expenditure
- A proposal for a direct Baghdad-Haifa line.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; the Chief of Imperial General Staff; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the Commander-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, India; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Chief of the General Staff, India; the Director General of Movements and Railways, War Office; and the High Commissioner at Constantinople [Istanbul].
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- 1 file (272 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
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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 274; 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/5/789
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy, Mesopotamia. Vol III'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30r, 30av, 30v:273v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence