ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [و‎‎١‎١‎١] (٥٥٨/٢١٥)

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PERSIA— Telegraphs — NO. XXVII—1863.
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No. XXVII.
ntpred into by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs for
Engagement^ & Ljne of telegraph from Khanakeen to Bu shirk—
1863.
Article 1.
The Persian Government considers it noW to constrnct a line of telegraph
■.w delay from Khanakeen to the capital. Tehran, and from Tehran to the
. ( Reshire • and they agree that whenever the English Government may
to communicate by the said Telegraph, they are to be at liberty to do so
Sh the Persian Telegraph offioefs in the way they may desne, paying for
the same at rates to be specified hereafter.
Article 2.
The Persian Government will assign a sum sufficient for the construction of
... Tvieeranh and for the purchase of such materials as are not procurable in
tsia or in'be better obtained in Europe.
Article 3.
The Persian Government engages to purchase from the English Government
all the materials which are better procurable in Europe, and the English Govern
ment agrees to supply such materials at moderate prices.
Article 4.
In order that the said line of Telegraph may be well constructed and officially
worked, the Persian Government agrees to place it under the superintendence
of an English Engineer Office^, who is to be paid by the English Government,
and they further agree to fix a period during which instruction may be given and
the line may be brought into good working order ; and his Royal Highness the
Itizad-oo-Sultaneh, the Minister of Public Instruction, and His Excellency the
Amin-ed-Dowleh, will have cognizance of the aforesaid officer’s proceedings.
Article 5.
The said officer will be fully empowered to call upon the Persian authorities
to supply any materials he may consider requisite for this work, and the Persian
authorities will make no alterations in his requisitions unless it should be im
possible to obtain the thing required. But a Persian officer will accompany him
everywhere, so that he may be informed of what is done, and of the prices of the
materials; and the accounts will be audited by the above-mentioned Prince and
by the Amin-ed-Dowleh every three months, when a report will be drawn up and
printed in the Tehran Gazette.