ملف ٥٦٤٦\١٩١٨ "بلاد فارس وبلاد الرافدين: ترتيبات التلغراف المستقبلية" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٠] (٣٠٣/٢٧٢)

rpcliiced to shillings and pence ; and by the British Administration in shillings and pence, the
total beino 1 reduced to francs and centimes.
The reduction of these sums shall be calculated at the rate o
1 Pound sterling - 25 francs.
1 Shilling = 1 franc 25 centimes.
1 Penny — 10 centimes.
vtt The balance which may accrue from the quarterly liquidation, m favour of one or
Aii e JLhhctrations may be paid either in Turkish pounds, m pounds sterling, or m
other of the a ‘ j ’^ be in favour of the Indian Administration, payment shall
bclrde by Turkey into the hands of the delegate of that Administration at Constantinople;
a -.vTnnld it be in favour of the Ottoman Administration, payment shall be made by the
“oretld del gate to the Director-General of the Ottoman Telegraphs. .
T 1 TT Tn order to facilitate and accelerate the operations relating to the reciprocal sett e-
ment of the quarterly accounts with the Central Administration of Ottoman telegraphs, the
hrdian Government shall be entitled to appoint a delegate to reside at Constantinople, the
, , ,, „ t ^ministration The Ottoman Government shall likewise be entitled to name a
delegate^for the same purpose, to reside at the seat of the Central Telegraphic Administration
of the Indian Government. The respective delegates shall be entitled to receive from the
respective Central Administrations all the information and explanations which they may
re<1 XIV All messages to or from India may be forwarded indifferently, as. may be most
convenient for the service, either by the line of Bussorah or by that of Khanakain.
XV It is well understood that the Ottoman Government shall be m account-current, and
shall have direct administrative relations with the Government of India m respect to all
messages whether sent by the frontier of Fao or by the Persian route of Khanakain. Thus
the two contracting Governments shall not he m account-current, and shall not have direct
administrative relations with Persia except in respect to payment for those messages only
which shall have traversed the Persian lines ; so that as regards Indo-European -messages,
the two High Contracting Parties shall only account to the Persian Government for the
amount due'to it for their transit along the Persian lines between Khanakain and Bushire.
XVI The present Convention shall come into operation as soon as the submarine cable
shall he in communication with the land lines of Turkey and of India, and shall remain in
force for three years from the day on which the ratifications are exchanged. Nevertheless,
the Hioh Contracting Parties may introduce into it, according as necessity may require, such
modifications as may be considered by common agreement to be useful and indispensable.
At the end of three years the present Convention shall he deemed to he in force for an
indefinite term, and until the expiration of six months, reckoning from the date on which
either of the parties shall have made known to the other its intention to put an end to the
Sam XVII. The present Convention shall he ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged
at Constantinople as soon as possible.
Done at Constantinople on the 3rd day of September 1864.
(L.S.)
( I, S 1
Henry
4 AT T
Litton Bulwer.
VII.
Convention concluded with His Majesty the Shah for the construction and
Supervision of the Telegraph Line, dated 23rd November 1865.
As Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His
Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia are desirous of regulating the telegraphic
communication between Europe and India, and of placing this work on the sure and
friendly basis, 'they have resolved that a Convention for that purpose shall he concluded,
wherefore their Majesties have named'as their Plenipotentiaries :—
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; His
Excellency Charles Alison, Esquire, &c., &c. .
And His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia ; His Excellency Mirza byud
Khan, &c., &c. _ > ^ .
And the aforesaid distinguished representatives, after meeting in the capital of Teheran
and perusing and exchanging their letters of full power, and finding them to he in due order,
have concluded the following xkrticles : —
Article I. In order to improve the telegraphic communication between Europe and India,
the Persian Government agrees to attach another wire to the poles now standing from Bushire
to Khanakain, and to bring it into working order as soon as possible. The wire to be used
solely for international messages sent in European languages.