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Sir Edward Grey to Sir W. Townley (Tehran).
(No. 729.) Foreign Office, December 14, 1912, 2 p.m.
PERSIAN Railways Syndicate wish the following text substituted for those pre
viously given for clause 4 of their contract with the Persian"Government. You may
communicate it to Mr. Wood for the necessary action if you think that there is no
objection to it:—
“ The Imperial Persian Government makes a free grant to the syndicate of all the
uncultivated lands belonging to the State which the syndicates engineers shall deem
necessary for the construction of all or a part of the works in question, and the
syndicate shall be authorised to take on such lands and/or any other lands belonging to
the State free of cost the timber, materials, &c., which may be required for the
construction or maintenance of such works. As for the cultivated lands belonging to
the Government, the syndicate must buy them at an equitable price, and one which is
the current market price in the province. The Imperial Government grants also
to the synd.cate the right of acquiring |jrom other proprietors] all other lands or
buildings necessary for the same object, on conditions to be settled between the /
syndicate and the proprietors, on the understanding that the latter shall not be able to ^
raise any claims of such a nature as to enhance the ordinary current prices for
lands situated in their respective districts. ^ Wo,
“ In the event of any difference between the syndicate and the Government/^or
other proprietors]as to the price agreed for the purchase of any zones or strips of land
as provided in this clause, it shall be referred by the syndicate and the Government ^or
such other proprietorsjjointly to the decision of/the British Minister at Tehran,'who
shall have power to decide whether any price proposed to be paid is reasonable,
having regard to all the circumstances. Holy places and all their dependencies within
a radius of 200 Persian archins are formally excluded from this clause, except in
cases where the local ecclesiastical authorities otherwise expressly agree.”
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