ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٣] (٥٥٨/٢٢٠)

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PERSIA— Telegraphs —NO. XXVIII—1865.
Article 14.
The relative value of coin shall be calculated for purposes of account at the
following rates :—
One pound sterling = 25 francs = 22 kerans.
One shilling = 1 franc — 25 centimes = 1 keran — 2 shahis.
One penny = 10 centimes = 2 shahis.
As a rule, accounts shall be kept in English and payments made in Tehran in
Persian currency.
Article 15.
The telegraph accounts shall be made up by the English Superintending Officer
monthly and sent to Constantinople, where, by comparison with the Cable and
Turkish accounts, they will be checked by the British Commisioner appointed
for that purpose. On the return to Tehran of the audited accounts from Cons
tantinople, the amount due to the Persian Government will be certified by the
English Officer and speedily paid every six months, as stated in the last Article.
The above account shall always be open to the inspection of the Telegraph Agent
of the Persian Government at Constantinople, or any person recognized by the
Persian Minister at the Ottoman Court for the settlement of accounts of inter
national traffic on the Persian Turkish Line.
Article 16.
The Telegraph Regulations drawn up at Paris on the thirteenth of April Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five shall be carried out under the
superintendence of the Persian Government so far as not opposed to the terms
of the present convention or the institutions of Persia.
Article 17.
Any disagreement arising between the telegraphic employes of the two g
ernments shall be referred to their Excellencies the Persian Minister for For g
Affairs and the British Minister at Tehran, in order that, after necessary inves
gation, a just decision may be pronounced.
Article 18.
This convention shall take Effect from the opening of correspondence on the
second wire, and remain in force for five years from the day that a teleg ^
first despatched hereby. At the expiration of the five years it shall be n
void. If at any time within the term appointed the capabilities of ^ >e * 81 p ero j a n
graphers for their work shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Chief of the e ^
Telegraphs and the English Telegraph Officer, the full period shall be cur ai
and the line made over altogether to the Persian Government.