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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [678r] (1357/1386)
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5. Joint Pitrse.—The following table shows the
sums* paid into and drawn
out by the Indo-Europear
Telegraph
Department yearly since
878-79, when
the joint purse agreement was concluded :
Year.
Paid in.
Drawn out.
Excess paid in.
Excess drawn out.
G
G
g
g
1878-79 ...
42,309
62,264
• ••
19,955
1879-80 ...
52,488
68,877
• ••
16,389
1880-81 ...
57,235
76,122
• ••
18,887
1881-82 ...
67,108
74,528
...
7,420
1882-83 ...
110,728
84,861
25,867
...
1883-84 ...
81,408
76,547
4,861
...
1884-85 ...
85,376
76,610
8,766
• ••
1885-86 ...
I O 7,3I7
85,824
21,493
...
1886-87 ...
80,980
75,206
5,774
• ••
1887-88 ...
71,808
73,976
...
2, {68
1888 89 ... ...
91,355
77,136
14,219
...
1889-90 ...
85,685
73,184
12,501
...
Total
9,33,797
9,05,135
93,48i
64,819
6. Division of Traffic.—The standard proportions, on which the division of
the joint purse receipts is
made, are based on the following percentages :—
( Via Suez
... 60 30%
On Indian Traffic
• • • 1
( Via Indo-European Route... 3961%
C Via Suez
... 80153%
On Trans-Indian Traffic ... <
( Vid Indo-European Route... 19*47%
The percentages of traffic actually carried have been—
On Indian Traffic.
On Trans-Indian Traffic.
YEAR.
*
Fid Suez.
Fid Indo-European
Fid Suez.
Fid Indo-European
route.
route.
In 1878-79
7131%
28 69%
95'26%
4'74%
„ 1879-80
67*91%
32-O9%
94'10%
5’90%
„ 1880-81
6901 %
3O-99%
92'50%
730%
„ 1881-82
64 63%
35’37%
81*26%
18-74%
„ 1882-83
48-34%
5166%
59’26%
40’74%
» 1883-84
55-96%
44-04%
8352%
16-48%
» 1884-85
5302%
46-98%
84-44%
Io56%
„ 1885-86 .....
52-14%
47'86%
75'91%
25-09%
„ 1886-87 .....
55'46%
44'54%
85-32%
14'68%
„ 1887-88
60*93%
39-07%
86-48%
13’52%
„ 1888-89
5V6 9 %
48’31%
77’04%
22-96%
„ 1889-90 .....
49-92%
50’08%
82-89%
171 1%
The division of receipts, since 1878-
79, is shown
n Appendix C.
INTERRUPTIONS.
7. In the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section there were no interruptions affecting traffic
during the year, while in the Persian Section there were two total interruptions
* Inclusive of the liability of the Indo-European Telegraph Department for interruptions in Turkey under
Article X of the Joint Purse Agreement.
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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