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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [378v] (771/799)
The record is made up of 1 volume (391 folios). It was created in 1908-1910. 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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ASIATIC TURKEY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 3.]
Section 2.
[3711]
(No. 44.
Sir,
I UYVE the honour to report that a contract was signed on the 25th ultimo
between the Anatolian Railway Company and the Minister of Public Works authorizing
the doubling of the Company’s present capital, thus raising it to 135,000,000 fr. The
w iole of the new shares are to be taken up by the Deutsche Bank, which is to pa 3 r a
nsl call of 10 pei cent, immediately, and undertakes to pay further calls as required
by the Company.
money is lequiied foi the execution of two Concessions recently obtained by
1 Com P ai W viz - • ^e irrigation of the Konia Plain at a cost of
19,000,000 fr., and the doubling of the line from Haidar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to Pendik at a cost not
to exceed £ T. 100,000.
I transmit herewith the Conventions relating to these two Concessions, as well as
a ^ emoian dum on this development of German enterprise in Asia Minor
which Sir Adam Block has forwarded to the Council of Foreign Bondholders in London!
It will be noticed that the details of the irrigation scheme differ materially from those
previously reported by this Embassy.
THREE matters of paramount interest to the country and to German enterprise
and finance have recently occurred, concerning which I have deemed it necessarv to
obtam information, and which I propose to treat seriatim in this Memorandum.
2. The doubling of the line from Haidar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to Pendik.
3. The doubling of the nominal share capital of the Anatolian Railwav
namv. J
1. I annex copy of the Convention between the Ministry of Finance and the
Director-General of the Anatolian Railway regarding the irrigation of the Plain of
Konia. From the perusal of this Convention it will be seen that works will be
undertaken for the canalization of the waters of the Lake of Bey Chehir and the
Rivers of Bey Chehir and J charchambar Tchai, and for the draining of the Lake of
Karaviran ; o80,000 deunums (about 130,000 acres) of land will be brought under
mim vnlirm o 01
19,500,000 fr., to be advanced by the Railway Company. This sum will be repaid
in thirty-five years from the date of conclusion of the works; the interest is at
the surplus of the “reyetius divers”; (2) the surplus of the tithes revenue of the
lands brought under cultivation over and above the average revenue of the last live
years; (3) the net receipts from the irrigation works: (GO the net reeeintc
I have, &c.
(Signed) N. R. O’CONOR,
Inclosure 1 in No 1.
Memorandum.
Thev are :—
+■
1. The irrigation of the Plain of Konia.
vnnnoT k f' 1 ! be , be " Un P Mareh ’ f ' nd completed in six years. The total cost is
5 per cent.
The security is (1) £ T. 25,000 per annum paid by the Council of the Debt from
on -m Inn t- »» /-v it ^ * ? 5 / i 1 i .. » . . _
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1903-1907.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad in particular.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume are four maps.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Lansdowne, Sir Edward Grey), His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas O'Connor), the Under Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Charles Hardinge, Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson), and for India (Earl Percy, Sir Arthur Godley), the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon of Keddleston), the Secretary to the Political and Secret Department of the 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. (Sir Richmond Richie) and the London Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia (George Newell).
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- 1 volume (391 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 392; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 329-358; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:164v, 166r:238r, 238r:238v, 238v:277r, 277r:277v, 277v:285r, 285r:285v, 285v:363v, 365r:392r, 392
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