'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [‎677v] (1356/1386)

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The following summary is explanatory of the chief differences between the
expenditure of 1889-90 under the main heads compared with that of the previous
year:
Head of Account.
1888-89.
1889-90.
Increase.
Decrease.
Repairs and renewals of cables
Rs.
1,49,829
Rs.
2,55,857
Rs.
1,06,028
Rs.
Repairs of Mekran Coast lines ...
40,787
20,065
...
20,722
Repairs of lines in Persia
24,235
32,946
8,711
...
Advertising charges in England
11,854
2,501
• • •
9,353
London Office... ... •••
16,042
• ••
• ••
16,042
Special Accounts Establishment ... ...
3,704
8,866
5,162
• ••
Subsidies to Biluch Chiefs ... ...
19,904
I4J34
...
5,770
Signalling Establishment, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
97,162
98,068
906
...
Signalling Establishment, Persia ... ...
90,036
1,00,582
10,546
...
Repairs to Patrick Stewart ... ...
12,521
23,229
10,708
...
Coals ... ... ...
23,882
23,113
...
769
Superintendence ... ... ...
27,115
21,014
...
6,101
Bonus to Signallers ... ... ...
• ••
2,932
2,932
...
Director General’s Tour in Persia and Turkish-
2,280
• • •
2,280
Arabia.
Clerks in Director General’s Office ... ...
643
1,234
591
•••
Signal Office expenses ... ... ...
1,215
11,899
10,684
...
Filling in low ground at Manora
4,499
1,878
• ••
2,621
Total
5,25,708
6,18,318
156,268
63,658
3. Receipts.—The receipts amounted to Rs. 10,97,332, of which Rs.
10,60,400 were derived from message revenue. Compared with the receipts of the
previous year, the message revenue shows a falling off of Rs. 69,910. This
decrease is due to the traffic passing over the Indo-European system having
assumed normal proportions. During 1889-90 there were no interruptions of the
Eastern Company’s Cables causing traffic to be diverted from the Suez to the
Teheran route, as was the case in 1888-89. Hence the apparent decrease of
traffic in 1889-90.
. 4. Net Revenue.—The net revenue of the year amounted to Rs. 49,764,
being a dividend on the Capital of 0'44 per cent. While the traffic remains normal,
a more satisfactory result cannot be expected, until the extensive renewals of the
cable now in progress arc completed and the reinsulation of the lines in Persia
has also been accomplished. Unlike the Indian Telegraph Department, the opera
tions of the Indo-European Telegraph Department are necessarily mainly confined
to carrying the traffic tendered at the termini, and this work the Indo-European
e egrap 1 Department, although not at present a financial success, has done
admirably. ‘