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The record is made up of 1 volume (76 folios). It was created in Feb 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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64 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS no. 92
269.110 francs per kilometre constructed and open to
traffic. 1 he issue price of the bonds was agreed at a
minimum of 81^ per cent. The convention contained
a very indefinite provision to the effect that as soon
as the growth of the traffic and receipts and the
financial situation permitted, the concessionnaires
should issue bonds of their own to replace the bonds
issued to them by the Imperial Government.
The receipts of the line were apportioned between
the Turkish Government and the Company as
follows :
(1) The first 4,500 francs per kilometre were to go to
the Company in relief of the Government's
obligation to cover the working expenses at the
agreed rate.
(2) I he surplus above 4,500 francs per kilometre up
to 10,000 francs per kilometre was to go to the
Turkish Government.
(3) Of any excess over 10,000 francs per kilometre
the Government was to get 60 per cent, and the
Company 40 per cent.
From the point of view of the concessionnaires the
bargain was a good one, provided the bonds of the
Turkish Government could be realised at a fair price.
The bonds necessary to secure the kilometric guarantee
were issuable to the concessionnaires on the signature
of the special convention relating to each section;
consequently the concessionnaires were not under the
Tiecessity of finding any money themselves if they
could succeed in placing the Turkish bonds upon the
European market, and the liberal payment per kilo
metre allowed for by the terms of the convention gave
them an ample margin for doing this.
How far the arrangement was sound finance from the
1 urkish point of view is a matter of opinion. The
amount of the bonds issued by the Turkish Government
to cover the kilometric guarantee on the first section
was 54,000,000 francs, on the second section 108,000,000
francs, and on the third section 119,000.000 francs or
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This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters:
- I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', 'Surface, Coast and River Systems', 'Climate', 'Sanitary Conditions', 'Race and Language' and 'Population';
- II: 'Political History', including 'Chronological Summary', 'Introduction', 'Early period of Turkish Occupation, 1638-1834', 'Later period of Turkish Occupation, 1834-1914', and 'Commercial Developments';
- III: 'Social and Political Conditions', including 'Religious', 'Political', 'Public Education' and 'General Observations';
- IV: 'Economic Conditions', including 'Means of Communication', 'Industry', 'Commerce', 'Finance' and 'General Remarks'.
There is also an appendix which includes tables of 'Exports to Principal Countries from Baghdad', 'Imports from Principal Countries to Baghdad', 'Principal Exports from Basra' and 'Principal Imports to Basra'. This is followed by a section entitled 'Authorities' which is a bibliography of references used for the preparation of the volume. This section is divided into 'Historical' (including 'Confidential Sources'), 'Economic' ('Official' and 'General') and 'Maps'. There is a pocket at the back of the volume to house maps, but there are no maps present.
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