'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎18r] (48/216)

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British Counter-drajt,
' Clause (b). No discrimination, direct
or indirect, shall be permitted on the
Bagdad Railway Company's system,
either as regards facilities or rates of
charge for the conveyance of like arti
cles between the same points on account
of the ownership, origin, or destina
tion of goods presented for transport,
or in any other manner whatever.
Clause (c). In the event of the con
struction of the said branch line from
Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. being
undertaken, adequate arrangements
shall be made to secure facilities for
through traffic from and to the Bagdad
Railway Company's system, and there
shall be complete protection against
discrimination, direct or indirect.
r Clause {d). The construction of the
proposed port at Basra, authorised by
article 23 of the Bagdad Railway Con
vention of the 5th March, 1903, shall be
executed by a separate Ottoman com-
pany, wherein British participation,
both in the capital and directorate of
the port company and in the contracts
for construction and maintenance, shall
amount to 50 per cent, of the whole.
No duties or charges of whatever nature
or under whatever denomination shall
be levied by the Port Company on any
: /'■ vessels or goods which shall not equally,
under the same conditions, be imposed
. . in like cases on all vessels or goods,
whatever be the nationality of the vessels
or their owners, or the ownership or
country of origin or destination of the
goods, and whatever be the places from
which the vessels or goods arrive or to
-2 which they depart.^
In all that relates to the stationing,
loading, and unloading of vessels in the
port, no privileges or facilities shall be
granted to any vessel or vessels which
shall not equally" and under like condi
tions be granted to al 1 other vessels.
Any control over the port appertaining
to the Imperial Ottoman Government
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German Counter-draft.
Clause (b). No discrimination, direct
or indirect, shall be permitted on the
Bagdad Railway Company's system,
either as regards facilities or rates of
charge for the conveyance of like
articles between the same points on
account of the ownership, origin, or
destination of goods presented for
transport, or in any other manner
whatever.
Clause {c). In the event of the con
struction of the said branch line from
Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
being undertaken, adequate arrange
ments shall be made to secure facilities
for through traffic from and to the
Bagdad Railway Company's system,
and there shall be complete protection
against discrimination, direct or in
direct.
In this event German capital ivould
'participate in it, and would he repre- |
sented on the hoard of this line under |
exactly the same conditions and in the |> *
same proportion as British capital shall j
he represented on the hoard of the j
Bagdad Railway. j
Clause {d). The construction of the
proposed port at Basra, authorised
by article 23 of the Bagdad Railway
Convention of the 5th March, 1903,
shall be executed by a separate
Ottoman company, wherein British
participation, both in the capital and
directorate of the port company and
in the contracts, if any, for construc
tion and maintenance, shall amount
to not less than 20 per cent, of the whole.
No duties or charges of whatever
nature or under whatever denomina
tion shall be levied by the port com
pany on any vessels or goods which
shall not equally, under the same condi
tions, be imposed in like cases on all
vessels or goods, whatever be the
nationality of the vessels or their
owners, or the ownership or country
of origin or destination of the goods,
and whatever be the places from
which the vessels or goods arrive or to
which they depart.
In all that relates to the stationing,
loading, and unloading of vessels in
the port, no privileges or facilities
shall be granted to any vessel or
vessels which shall not equally and
under like conditions be granted to
all other vessels.
*Thi3 clause would be inserted in the n< te ex-
vlicitive if His Majesty's Government agreed to
have cla jse (c), article 1, embodied in this note.