"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎١‎٥‎٣] (٥٧٨/٤٧٦)

PERSIA— Telegraphs —APPENDIX NO. XXXII— 1869.
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the debts which the Administration of the Persian telegraphs has incurred, to the
same Government for the construction of the line.
The amount of these debts must be stated by the Persian and British Govern
ments before the 1st January 1871. From the commencement of this period the
grantees shall be authorised to reimburse themselves by deducting every year the
twenty-fourth part of the sum stated by the said Governments from the subsidy
or the duties payable to the Persian Government.
In case the settlement of accounts between the said Governments is not effected
at the above-mentioned date another term, not exceeding one year, shall be fixed
for such settlement. The grantees shall then have the right to reimburse them
selves by retaining every year a sum equal to the twenty-third part of the sum
stated.
If the accounts are not adjusted even at the end of the latter period, the
grantees shall be freed from this obligation.
Article 2 .
Moreover, the Persian Government grants to the actual possessors of the con
cession of 11th January 1868 the exclusive privilege of erecting and working a
telegraph line with one wire between Shiraz and Bunder Abbass.
The grantees are bound to inform the Persian Government of the direction of
the line before proceeding upon its construction.
The grantees engage to finish the construction of this line as quickly as possible.
The grantees engage to construct the line and to maintain it in good working
order during the whole term of their administration. The telegraph wire shall
# be made of iron of the best quality, and shall have
inch. 36 ° r near1 ' a r|liaiter ° f an a diameter of at least 6 millimetres.* The
standards shall be of iron ; the instruments, etc.,
of the best quality. If practicable, the stations at Shiraz shall be built on the
grounds of the Persian Telegraph ; at other places, on such sites as the Minister
of Foreign Affairs and the grantees shall deem suitable, and which shall be given
to the latter free of cost from lands belonging to the Persian Government.
Like the already existing lines, the new line is designed to transmit international
messages which shall pass the line of the grantees between London and Tehran.
The line shall be considered as an institution of the Government, and shall
enjoy, m regard to its organization and security, all the privileges accorded to the
lines of the Persian Government.
The Persian Government exempts the grantees from customs duties of the
importation of materials destined for the organization and maintenance of this line
and of its stations, and absolves them from the payment of all inland dues. The
Custom House officers shall have the right to visit the stations belonging to the
grantees on the frontier.
The grantees shall have the right to carry their line in the direction sanctioned
by Government through towns and villages skirting the routes, without being