ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎١] (٥٥٨/٢٣٦)

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PERSIA— Telegraphs —NO. XXXV1 -—1913
with iron standards will be erected from Borasjun to Ahwaz and
Mohammerah, and from Ahwaz to Dizful; the said lines will b ^ AilWaZ to
the Shiraz and Bushire lines in order that telegraphic cowmuni 01111 ^^ ^
Arabistan line may be carried out with Tehran and Bushire 1Umeatl0Ii fl of the
Article 2.
The British Government agrees to pay, gratis, the cost of the erection
above-mentioned line, inclusive of iron poles, wire, insulators etc. un to * the
of £5,000, as well.as an annual sum of £300, for the maintenance of
mentioned line from the date of the commencement of the said work f C aJ0Ve ‘
1945 A.D. • T ™ the year
After the completion of the said construction, and when the total «x A
is known, the sum of £5,000, will be deducted from the total expenditure P to 'T
with £300 per annum, which is due by the British Government as mentLl!
m this same article, and will go towards the capital account, and whatever bala
still remains outstanding will, with the approval of the Ministry of the PerT
Telegraphs, be due by the Persian Government to the British Government, and U
to be paid by the former Government to the latter up to the year 1945 A D ^
Article 3.
In return for the expenditure mentioned in Article 2 which the British Govern
ment pays, gratis, for the construction and maintenance of the said line, the Persian
Government agrees that the period of the following agreements shall be extended
and remain in force up to the 1 st January 1945 A.D., viz., the Telegraph Conven
tion of the 2 nd April 1868 A.D. ; the Telegraph Convention of the 2 nd December
1872 A.D. ; the Telegraph Convention of the 16th August 1901 A.D.
Article 4.
The salaries of the telegraph clerks and other employes, such as gholams,
ferrashes, inspector, battery men, cost of instrument and rent of telegraph offices,
is to be defrayed by the Persian Telegraph Administration.
Article 5.
In order to ensure the proper and continual working of the above-nientioned
nes the Director of the Telegraph Department of the exalted British Government
wi appoint an inspector, with the approval of the Ministry of the Persian Tele
graphs, for the maintenance and safeguard of the line up to 1945 A.D. The gholams
w 10 are to safeguard the line, and who are Persian subjects, are to be under the
£ ° ^ ns P ec *' or ’ an d the pay and allowance of the inspector will be
^ ^ 6 nistr y of Telegraphs in consultation with the Director of the Tele-
grap epartment of the exalted British Government prior to the comiAencement
of the work.