File 1711/1920 'Mesopotamia: General Circulars. - 1920' [‎220r] (443/591)

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Basrah Stores.
“Civil Stores, Basrah branch, will close from the 25 th March to the 1st April, both. days inclusive
"for the purpose of taking stock.
C. H. T. C.
The warehouse of the Controller of Hostile Trading Concerns will be transferred to Khan
Kubba, Exchange Square, as from the 29th instant: -
Tents.
Indents' for tents must state the number and status of the personnel and the project for which
required, and must be marked i..
(a) On loan from......................... ................to..............................
returnable on the.... .......or,
(b) Required as a permanent issue, Indent can be met from Head No.............Budget
. Provision Rs.........................of which Rs......... .expended to date'
Unless special conditions apply, tents will be issued on the following scale
Gazetted Officers, Part-1 E. P.tent 1. 80 lb. tent, 1.
h , » H. . ±,or Staff Sergeant’s tent 1; 801b. tent, 1.
Clerks, Indian or Local or their equivalent :E. P. tent 4 ; or Staff Sergeant’s tent } ; 80 lb-
tent 1.
Other personnel. - ; 80 lb. tent or 160 lb. tent 1/8. .
Where tents are required temporarily, they may be obtained on loan from the Director of Civil
Stores on Indents'countersigned by Heads of Departments or P. O. Divisions.
Tents issued on loan must be returned to Civil Stores when no longer required, unless P. O.
Division elects to keep them on charge where re-issue may. shortly be required.
The Director of Civil Stores will arrange for small stocks of tents of various sizes and for repairs
to tents. - .
. Where tents are required permanently they mustbe budgetted for.,n '
The price of tents has risen considerably in common with the rise in price of all cotton stuffs-
1921-22 prices willbe published shortly in General Circulars, meantime the following may be taken
as a rough guide, delivery ex Stores Khan, Baghdad.
Rs.
E. P. ’ ... * ... ■’ ... ... ....... 1,000
; Staff Sergeants ... /.... ••• ...... ’ 600
160 lb. D. F. or equivalent ,/ ... , ... ... ... 400
160 lb. S. F. orequi valent ... ’ ... - ... 300
80 lb. D. F. or equivalent... ... , > ... ... . ... 200
„ „ ' — > . ••• . ... . ... . 150 ‘
40 1b or „ . . ... ; ... - ... ’ ... 100
The stocks held by the Director of Civil’ Stores will enable him to meet urgent indents up to 3
E. P. •tents- or their equivalent. Indents, in excess of this will be obtainable only on order and 4
months will be required inwhich to give delivery.
III .—TRANSPORT.
- 265. Considerable damage is done to tyres and mudguards through non-skid chains being left
slack on the wheel.' To obviate this, officers are requested to ensure that drivers'tighten their
non-skid chains periodically till allI stretchdisappears.
Non-skid chains should only be used in cases of necessity and removed as soon as practicable.
IV .—HEALTH. -
VACCINATION and Inoculation, A
266. The attention of all officials is drawn to the importance of vaccination and inoculation..
Heads of Departments should call the attention of all officials arriving in Mesopotamia to this point.
Application can be made to the nearest Civil Surgeon who will advise on and make arrangements
for carrying out the necessary vaccinations and inoculations. ; L ' — ' .
Lymph VACCINE. . ’ .
267. The potency of/Lymph Vaccine once it has been issued from the Vaccine Dept or the
CivilMedicalStorescannot generally be guaranteed after fifteen days. . ' ■ .
__ Indents should be arranged accordingly.
- V.—LEVIES.
268 Levy and Gendarmerie Orders Nos. 121 to. 124 are publishedas an annexure to these
Circulars..
VI.—MISCELLANEOUS.
| PUBLICATIONS.
269. Mesopotamian Telegraph Guide, Part I, is now on sale: price Re. 1. Part II is in
the Press.... t., ,,
Officers requiring it should obtain it direct from the nearest Telegraph Office on,payment and
charge the cost in their Contingent Accounts. . /' ... / ■
An Arabic edition is in preparation. - / .