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File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract' [‎40r] (86/286)

The record is made up of 1 volume (138 folios). It was created in 15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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Despatch No. 440 of the 4th of August last, explained the reasons which
he then considered to prevail against supporting such an application,
and, in view of the recent establishment of a Turkish steamboat
service on the Tigris, it is probable that the Porte would be less
disposed than before to favourably consider any representations on the
subject.
Lord Lansdowne will, however, again refer the question to Sir
N. O’Conor for his consideration, and in the meantime he sees no
objection to addressing the Euphrates and Tigris Company in the terms
which Mr. Secretary Brodrick proposes.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State Charles Hardinge.
for India.
Enclosure No. 5.
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. to Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.
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. ,
Sh\ 25th March 1904.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th Eebruary in which
you apply for an extension of the Contract for the conveyance of mails
by your Company between Busreh and Bagdad for a further period of
ten years.
In reply I am to say that the Secretary of State in Council will he
prepared to enter into a new Contract with your Company on the basis
of paying the same subsidy that has been paid under the existing
contract, viz., Bs. 24,000 per annum, for a weekly service.
The Secretary of State in Council is not, however, satisfied that the
complaints which have been made of the irregularity of the service
maintained by the Company are beyond their power to remedy under
the existing conditions of the navigation. He, therefore, considers it
necessary to insist upon provisions (a statement of which is enclosed)
being introduced into any new Contract, in order to secure greater
regularity in the future.
I am, &c.,
The Secretary, A. Godley.
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.
Annex. ‘
Statement.
Clause 5.—The words “ so far as is compatible with the reasonable
requirements of their trade ” should be omitted.
Clause 11.—Between this clause and the present Clause 12, the
following should be inserted as a new clause :—
“ That in case any vessel employed or to be employed in the per
formance of this Contract shall not arrive at Basreh or Baghdad before
the end of nine hours calculated from the time fixed for the arrival of
such vessel by the said Government officer, then and in each and every
of such cases and as often as such default shall happen, the Company
shall forfeit and pay into the Treasury of the Government of India
in Calcutta or Bombay as and by way of liquidated damages the sum of
Us. 15 for every hour and fraction of an hour after the time so fixed
for such arrival during which the said vessel shall fail to arrive, but
nevertheless so that the Company shall not in any case be liable to any
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This volume contains memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding a contract between 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. and the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for mail service and commercial transports on the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basrah; 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. 's complaints for their unsatisfactory service from 1912, and the renewal of the contract in 1914. The volume also briefly discusses the British Post Offices in Baghdad and Basra, and the abolition of British Post Offices in Turkey.

The main correspondents are: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, 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. , and the Foreign Office.

There is a letter in French within the file, a copy of a declaration from Hakki Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador.

The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.

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1 volume (138 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 342 (Mesopotamia) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/333.

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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 140; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover. A previous foliation sequence between ff 44-138, which is also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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