"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٤‎٢‎٣] (١٢٦٢/٩٤٠)

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i and 50 minutes on the Indo-Enropean Department lines between Karachi
and Tehran.
The Anglo-Persian Convention of 1865^ which expired on the 12th
of August 187^ was prolonged for a period of three months by an
Agreement executed on the 19th of June 1872 ; and^ on the expiration
of the extended period^ it was replaced by a new Convention, dated 2nd
December 1872. Major Champain^ now Director-in-Chiefs assisted in
the negotiations at Tehran, whither he had proceeded for the purpose.
Among other matters the new Convention provided for the erection
by the British Government of a third wire between Tehran and Bushehr;
and it was arranged that, after the completion of this wire^ the first wire,
set up in 1864, should be reserved for local use and be worked by
employes of the Persian Government occupying rooms provided by the
Persian Government and separate from the rooms used by the staff of the
British Department. In accordance with the recommendations of
Major Champain, who had personally visited Persia in 1870-71 to
satisfy himself of the necessity for a change, iron standards were to be
*substituted between Tehran and Bushehr for the existing wooden posts.
As regards receipts from the Indo-European through traffic, it was
agreed that the Persian Government should receive either a fixed subsidy
of 12,000 Tumans per annum or a royalty of two francs per 20 words,
the remainder of the. profits being shared by the Indo-European
Telegraph Department and the Company of the same name in such
manner as they might arrange between themselves. In respect of
receipts from messages originating or terminating in Persia a different
mode of distribution was arranged.
The maintenance of the line, in which were included repairs and the
appointment, control and payment of line guards, was to remain in the
hands of the British Director; but the Persian Government were to pay
1^000 Tumans a year as a contribution under this head, and in case of
wilful damage the cost of the repairs was to be defrayed by the Persian
Government. The debt of the Persian to the British Government on
account of telegraph construction and services, which now amounted to
£47,217, was to be undertaken by the Indo-European Telegraph
Company and discharged by them in 24) equal instalments.
The new Convention should apply primarily to the Tehran-Bushehr
line; but, in event of the British Director desiring at any time to resume
charge of the Tehran-Khanaqin line, it should apply equally to the same,
the questions of tariff and method of account upon that section remain
ing however a matter for special arrangement. The Convention itself
was to hold good until the 1st of January 1895, when it was to cease,
and the whole of the wires were then to be made over absolutely to
the Persian Government.
On the 3rd of July 1887, by virtue of an Agreement, the term of
the Convention of 1872 was prolonged to the 31st of January 1905. On
the 7th January 1902^ a further extension to the 31st January 1925 was
# The Persian Government undertook to pay 10,000 Tumans in ten annual instal-
toents for the new iron poBts. This item was included in the amount finally paid off
by the Indo-European Telegraph Company—see below in the text.
Anglo-
Persian
Telegraph
Convention,
2iid Decem
ber 1872.
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