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He, points out that the net revenue receipts in Mesopotamia

were £130,000 'in 1915-1916, £270,000 in 1916-1917, and £100,000 in 1917-1918. As the cost of running Mesopotamia was of course far higher- than that, these, figures. must represent balances on the right side. As to the future of Mesopotamia—how it is to be governed and by •whom—Sir John Hewett of course has nothing to say. ,That . subject was not within his terms of reference.