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De epate had IP . 5& 29.12*18.
Received 15.10 50.12.13.
X .47 09 Dec. 29th.
Your 72838 cipher Dec. 20th.
Present monthly costs of construction is approximately
as follows.
First, Personnel on establishment of Director of Railways
Rupees 400 s 000.
Second. Labour Corps on establishment of Director of Labour
Rupees 185,000.
Third. Local Arab Labour Rupees 15*000.
Cost of rations which are issued to all except local
Arab Labour is not included in figures. Troops and Turkish
prisoners are also temporarily employed on railways but
presumably cost of these not required. Quotation above does
not include cost of material already in this country and
pending your orders on future policy no more material is
being: Ordered for construction purposes . Anticipated
expenditure to working, if construction and surveys now in
procrocs are carried on will be at about same rate as above ,
Until I get a decision on future railway policy cannot
very well say what sum will be required tc complete each line
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after April 1st. Lines at present under construction are.
First. Nasiriyeh Killah line regarding costs of which pdease
see Railways wire Kc .C .903 Dec. Diet in reply to your 97454
McR»2.A. 683 r
Second o Kizil Robat Kermanshah line regarding final objoc’ ......
of which we have no orders and cannot theref ere. give es cfe
bat Director of Railways thinks that this line if built as
me are gauge cannot cost, excluding cost of rellong stock, less
tban £15,000 sterling per mile. Railhead of this line '■■'x-'-i
reach Khanikin during January 1919 and work is in progress up to