ملف ٥٦٤٦\١٩١٨ "بلاد فارس وبلاد الرافدين: ترتيبات التلغراف المستقبلية" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٣٠٣/٢٧٨)

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X. The maintenanee of the of the Eng li sU Director and staff. As a
payment of the line g _ ’ n nr ]i tnre un der this head the Persian Government will pay to the
contribution towai s ^ P f 1>()00 tomans annually, this amount being deducted from the
royalty due to Persia by the Indo-European Telegraph Company as hereinbefore described in
Art Xi e The duties of the Telegraph Inspectors and Line-guards are strictly confined to
^ITTlfehiL^r^lrilfuUv 4 damaged, the Persian Government will take the most stringent
measures to oblige the local authorities to apprehend and punish the offenders
The Governors of districts will be accordingly instructed to pay prompt attention to all
comnlaints and communications made to them by the English officers.
| T p In case 0 f an y wilful damage to the line, the expense of repairing the same shall be
defiaved by the Persian Government. , . . ,
xqh Xo enable the English Director to have a perfect knowledge ol the state ol the wires
and^offices and thereby to provide for their general efficiency and the rapid removal of any
imnediment to telegraphic communication, the orders and regulations issued by him regarding
the connections within the offices and the times and manner of testing the lines shall he
strictly obeyed by the Persian Telegraph officers and signallers
XIV. It having been ascertained that the debt owed by the Persian Government to the
English Government on account of materials and erection of the second wire, together with
some items connected with the erection of the first wire and the payment of line-guards
amounted on the 31st December 1869 to tomans 115,079 krans 8 , or 47,217 pounds sterling,
the English Government agrees to accept payment without interest in the course of twenty-
four years, in twenty-four equal instalments of the same from the Indo-European Telegraph
COn Shonid the aforesaid Indo-European Telegraph Company wish to pay the amount in
question sooner, it is at liberty to do so. . „
The English Government shall notify without delay to the Persian Government any
instance of failure on the part of the Indo-European Telegraph Company m paying the
periodical instalments, and wall then hold the Persian Government responsible for any portion
of the debt remaining unpaid.
Nothin o- in this article is to be considered to invalidate any claim on the Indo-European
Telegraph ^Company, which the Persian Government holds in virtue of the concessions
granted to the said Company. . j.
XV. All articles required by the English staff from abroad, for the service of the line,
shall be exempt from customs or other duties in Persia.
XVI. This convention applies specially to the Teheran-Bushire Section, but shall apply
equally to the Teheran-Ixhaiiakaiu Section, should the English Dnectoi, at an\ time, deem it
expedient to resume charge of that portion ol the Persian Telegraph.
In such a case the tariff of the Teheran-Khanakain Section, and the method _ of account
shall be settled by a special arrangement between the English and Persian Administrations.
XVII. Any disagreement arising between the Telegraph employes of the two Govern
ments shall be referred for decision to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs and ihe
British Representative at Teheran.
XVIII. This convention shall take effect from the day on which its ratifications _ are
exchanged, and shall remain in force until the first day of January one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five, on which date the English staff shall make over the whole line,
in whatever condition it may be at the time, including iron posts and third wire, to the
Persian Government, and shall then cease to have any further connection with the Persian
Telegraph.
XIX. After the erection of the third wire, it shall be competent for the English Govern
ment, at any time before the expiry of this convention, on giving six months’ notice, to hand
over the line, in its existing condition, to the Persian Government, and to withdraw its officers
and employes from the country, ceasing from that date to have any further connection with
the Persian Telegraph.
XX. The ratifications of the present convention shall be exchanged at Teheran vdthin five
months, or sooner if practicable.
Done at Teheran, in quadruplicate, this second day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-twm.
(L.S.) (Sd.) Mirza Syud Khan.
(L.S.) vSd.) Ronald E. Thomson. 1
1 Discontinued. See G-overnment of India Despatch Ho. 6 T., dated 12th June 1894.