A hundred years ago | The Middle East vote
This archival piece from 1926 details the British government's expenditure on Middle Eastern services, specifically noting budget decreases for Palestine, Iraq, and Arabia. It provides a historical snapshot of colonial administrative costs.
Why it matters
It serves as a historical record of geopolitical and economic administration in the Middle East during the interwar period.
London, July 20: An explanatory statement on the new Middle Eastern Services vote for 1926 issued by the Colonel Office shows a expenditure of four million four hundred and forty-four thousand sterling for 1926 compared with four million and nine hundred and twenty-five thousand in 1925. The decrease is approximately halved between Palestine and Iraq and to a smaller degree Arabia. The cost of the Imperial garrison in the two former countries for 1926 is shown at £3,455,500 being a decrease of £347,800.
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