ملف ٥٦٤٦\١٩١٨ "بلاد فارس وبلاد الرافدين: ترتيبات التلغراف المستقبلية" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٧] (٣٠٣/٢٨٦)

^ j. i‘no- to avoid tliis inconvenience, and being unwilling to take
^acrtheSz-Wer 1 Abbas line before the expiration of this Concession so as not to he
back tne feniraz ^unce n onress i onn aires for the expenses of construction for winch they
Obliged to compensate to ^ that the Concession for the Djoulfa-
would no longer have on the subject of the Teheran-Bunder-Bushire line be
prolonged‘tQ 6 the date odhelxpiration of the Shiraz-Bunder-Abbas line.
10 In return, the Concessionnaires shall pay to the Persian Government for the working
of this Concession from the date of the opening of the line for Internationa traffic during the
first half of the 25 years 1,000 tomans annually and during the second half 2,000 tomans
““pflhe Dioulfa-Teheran Concession and the arrangement on the subject of the Teheran-
Bushirekne are prolonged beyond the 1st January 1890, they shall pay from that date to the
ecu ration of the Shiraz-Bunder-Abbas Concession an annual fine of lo,000 tomans, instead of
the 12,000 tomans fixed by Article I. of the present arrangement.
11 If during the duration of the Concession the Concessionnaiies put up extra vires to
increase the means of communication, the Persian Government binds itself to pay to the
Concessionnaires, when the line is given up, an indemnity for these extra wires based on an
estimate made by a Commissioner of the Government and an Attorney of the Conces
sionnaires.
19 It shall be lawful at all times for the Concessionnaires to transfer the rights granted
to them by the present Concession, with the obligations assumed by them, to another Company
whose statutes shall have been sanctioned by the Government. It is agreed that the
number of foreign employes along the whole Shiraz-Bunder-Abbas line shall not exceed 50
in number.
III.
The clauses of the former Concession of the 11th January 1868 remain in force so far as
they are not modied by the provisions made abo\ e.
IV.
His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of His Majesty the Shah of Persia and
Mons Georo- Siemens, the Attorney of the Concessionnaires, being agreed, and after having
exchanged their “Powers of Attorney,” have signed and sealed these presents m two copies.
Tehran the 12 th Safar 1286 of the Hegira corresponding to the 24th May N.S. 1869.
(Sd.) Mirza Said Khan, (Sd.) Georg Siemens.
Foreign Minister of the Sublime Persian Government.
XXI.
Copy of Renewal of Concession of 1868 to 31st January 1905. Sealed by Persian
Foreign Office, Teheran, and signed by T. D. Nelson on behalf of the Telegraph
Company on the 12th August 1882.
Fe Gouvernement Imperial Persan, ayant pris en consideration la demande de. La
Compagnie Telegraphique Indo-Europeenne an sujet de la prolongation de ces concessions
en Perse, les dites Concessions sont modifiees et renouvelees conformement aux clauses et
conditions suivantes: —
Article 1.
La duree des Concessions du 11 Janvier 1868 et du 24 Mai 1869 est prolongee jusqu au
31 Janvier 1905.
Article 2.
Le Gouvernement Persan a deja par la Concession du 24 Mai 1869 cede aux Conces
sionnaires actuels pour la periode comprise entre le ler Janvier 1870 ef i’expiration du
traite du 23 Novembre 1865 tons les droits que ce traite lui a donnes ou que le renouvelle-
ment de ce traite pourrait lui donner encore sur les recettes provenants des depeches de
transit transmises sur la ligne Tehran-Bouchire et le Couvernement Anglais a approuve
cet arrangement, auquel il a adhere par le traite du 2 Decembre 1872. La cession de ces.
memos recettes est prolongee par la presente Convention jusqu’ au 31 Janvier 1905.
Article 3.
A bexpiration du traite conclu le 2 Decembre 1872 entre le Gouvernement Persan. et
le Couvernement Anglais la ligne Tehran-Bouchire sera remise aux Concessionnaires a moms