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• ‘HINDIYAH [Hindiya] BARRAGE.’ (f 97 and f 147)
• ‘REMAINS OF TURKISH WEIR BELOW HINDIYAH BARRAGE.’ (f 97 and f 147)
• ‘TURKISH BRIDGE OVER KHALIS CANAL AT DELI ABBAS [al-Mansuriya].’ (f 97 and f 147)
• ‘HEAD REGULATOR TO HILLAH BRANCH OF EUPHRATES, BUILT BY TURKS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HINDIYAH BARRAGE.’ (f 97 f 147)
• ‘TURKISH HEAD REGULATOR TO MARUT CANAL FROM THE DIYALAH [Diyala].’ (f 97 and f 147)
• ‘NAJAF.’ (f 99 and f 149)
• ‘BRIDGE OF BOATS, KUT.’ (f 99 and f 149)
• ‘TURKISH HEAD REGULATOR TO BALAD DRUZ [Balad Ruz] CANAL.’ (f 99 and f 149)
• ‘WHARF OF LOCAL RESOURCES, AMARAH.’ (f 103 and f 153)
• ‘WHARF OF LOCAL RESOURCES, HILLAH.’ (f 105, f 107, f 155, and f 157)
• ‘SIRRIAH DAM.’ (f 107 and f 157)
• ‘OLD MAHMUDIYAH [al-Mahmudiyah] CANAL.’ (f 107 and f 157)
• ‘NEW MAHMUDIYAH CANAL, HEAD REGULATOR.’ (f 107 and f 157)
• ‘NEW MAHMUDIYAH CANAL, 18 KILOMETERS FROM HEAD.’ (f 107 and f 157)
• ‘GROUP OF ARABS.’ (f 109 and f 159)
• ‘EUPHRATES WHEELS.’ (f 109 and f 159)
• ‘FLOODS ON THE EUPHRATES.’ (f 111, f 113, f161, and f 163)
• ‘HEAD OF RAZ CANAL.’ (f 113 and f 163)
• ‘NEW KHALIS CANAL.’ (f 113 and f 163)
• ‘PORT OF BASRAH [Basra].’ (f 116, f 119, f 166, and f 169)
• ‘AMARAH BRIDGE.’ (f 122 and f 177)
• ‘BAGHDAD BRIDGE.’ (f 122 and f 177).

• The request of the National Geographic Society, Washington, for copies of Hewett’s report
• The publication of Hewett’s report
• A ‘Summary for the use of the Press. SIR JOHN HEWETT’S REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA.’, (ff 11-25)
• The Civil Commissioner’s criticisms of the report
• The purchase of pumping sets required for irrigation purposes in Mesopotamia and the budget allocated for them
• The approximate monthly administrative, naval, and military expenditure in Mesopotamia
• The articles published in The Times entitled ‘The Future of Mesopotamia’, and ‘THE DEVELOPMENT OF MESOPOTAMIA’, attacking British Government expenditure in Mesopotamia.

The main correspondents in the volume are: the Foreign Office; the Secretary of State for India; the War Office; the Under-Secretary of State, India Office; the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Government of India, Finance Department; the Government of India, Army Department; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; and Sir John Hewett.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.