File 1711/1920 'Mesopotamia: General Circulars. - 1920' [‎177r] (357/591)

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The daily total should then be posted in column 4 of the “Service Stamp Account Register",
and the actual value of the stamps in hand should be checked against the “Balance of Stamps at the
end of the day” as shown in the Register. Specimen headings are given below:-
Service Stamp Account Register.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Date.
“ Bal. of Stamps
from previous*
day.
Purchased
during the day.
< (a)
Total used
during the day.
Bal. of Stamps
at end of day..
Remarks.
- (a). The number and date of the Cash account voucher should.be quoted in ,the Remarks
Column. . '
4. The Register should be examined and checked at least once,a week by the Superintendent
or Head Clerk, who should also check at the same time the actual value of Service Stamps in hand
at the time of examination of the Register,
A note of such Examination should be recorded in ink in the Register by the Superintendent "or
Head Clerk. .. .
> 5.. "Service Stamp Account Registers” will be printed and distributed shortly by the Superin
tendent, Government Press, Basrah, from whom furthersupplies may be obtained. Until the initial
issue is received, manuscript registers should be used. -
Payment Issues from Army Stores and Departments.
. '450. Reference Force Instructions (Mesopotamia) No. 13 of 1920.
1. With a view to reducing unnecessary accounts work and to secure prompt accounts adjust-,
merit as far as possible, the prepayment system must be followed by all officials of the Civil Adminis
tration w.en articles, are obtained on payment for personal use. ■
2. The same procedure must also be followed as far as possible when any articles, the cost of
which is debitable to General Revenues, Municipal Revenues, Auqaf arid'other excluded civil funds,
are obtained from Army Stores and Departments?
III.—HEALTH.
Hospital Treatment.
451. The attention of all Civil Surgeons concerned is directed to the following:—
A. G.R.O. 247, dated 5tht March, 1920. . -
All sick from organized Labour Corps,^whether local or overseas, who are in Military employ-
ment are to be admitted to Military medical units, and not sent to Civil Hospital.
B. General Circular No. 676, dated November,, 1919.
Employees of the Civil Administration requiring hospital treatment should wherever possible.
. be admitted to Civil Hospitals. -- 5
In cases where this is not possible the Civil Surgeon or official authorizing' the admission to
Military Medical Units will send a statement with _ the patient certifying that no Civil
Hospital accommodation is available; a copy of this statement will be forwarded to the
Secretary for Health, Baghdad. . '
C. Wherever possible arrangements should. be made in all Divisional Hospitals to provide
hospital' accommodation f oi* employees of the Civil Administration of allclasses.
Hospital treatment of local NOTABLES.
.4 52. Shaikhs and local notables sent for hospital treatment will be required to pay the usual “
fees unless in possession of a letter from the 'Political Officer of their Division specifically asking for \
free treatment.
MICROSCOPES.
45 3. Reference General Circular No. 187 of 18-2-1920. The list of Medical Officers for whom
Microscopes are sanctioned is amended as follows:—
Delete .... .... Civil Surgeon, Koi.
Add ... ... < Civil Surgeon, Samarrah.
IV.—JAILS.
454—Clause (5) of General Circular No. 421, dated 14th April, 1 920, sanctioning an; allowance v
•of Rs. 400 p.m.'for the medical charge ofCohecting Jails at Hillah and Kirkuk was published under
a misapprehension and is hereby cancelled.
V.—LEVIES.
455,—Levy and Gendarmerie Orders Nos. 151 to 158- are reproduced as an annexure to these -
Circulars
vi.—miscellaneous: / - '
/ CORRESPONDENCE.
456.—Attention is drawn to General Circular No. 426 of 12th September, 1919?: cases are still'
occurring of letters addressed Aqra(Aqra) arriving via Agra,(Agra) India. z