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File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’ [276v] (557/640)
The record is made up of 1 volume (316 folios). It was created in 29 Mar 1912-27 Jul 1915. 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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284
Original Text.
vention, and of rates fixed for the use
of the cable. The rate payable for
the transmission of telegrams by
cable shall not exceed 6 francs.
In this manner the maximum
rates for telegraphic correspondence
exchanged between European Russia
and European Turkey shall be fixed
at 14 francs.
For facilitating telegraphic com
munication between Odessa and Con
stantinople the rate shall be reduced
to 12 francs, of which 3 francs
75 centimes shall be payable to
Russia, 2 francs 25 centimes to
Turkey, and 6 francs to the Company.
In the event of the Company
establishing a rate of 1 franc for the
transmission by cable of a single tele
gram of 20 words, and the Turkish
Government ceding to the Company
1 franc out of its terminal rate for
a single telegram transmitted by
the Black Sea cable, the Russian
Government shall, on its part, cede to
the Company, out of the terminal rate
payable to the former, the sum of 2
francs for each such single telegram.
On service telegrams and on
telegrams, the free transmission of
which has been established by Inter
national Convention, no deductions
from the terminal rates payable to
the Russian Government shall be
made.
If, during the term of the Con
cession, a general reduction of the
tariff should follow, the cable rates
shall be lowered proportionately with
such reduction.
Modified Text.
For the purpose of facilitating’com-
munications between Russia and
Turkey, and of transmitting the tele
graphic messages of other nations by
the Black Sea cable, the transit rate
of the Company may be reduced by
special agreement between the latter
and the Governments of Russia and
Turkey.
In the event of a reduction of the
transit cable rates, the Company
shall receive an allowance from the
Russian Rates, which shall not exceed
double the reduction of the cable
rates.
On service telegrams, and on
telegrams, the free transmission of
which has been established by Inter
national Convention, no deductions
from the terminal rates payable to
the Russian Government shall be
made.
If, during the term of the Con
cession, a general reduction of the
tariff should follow, the cable rates
shall be lowered proportionately with
such reduction.
Makoff,
Secretary of State,
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs.
XII.— Extension to 1912 of Period of Concession granted under
No. II., 1882.
No. 691.
Respecting the Modification of Articles 12 and 14 of the Concession
granted by Imperial Order on the 21st day of August 1869, for the
Establishment and Working of a Submarine Telegraph Line between
Russia and Sweden.
The report of Adjutant-General Timasheff, late Minister of the Interior, of
the 6th September 1869, Sub-No. 184, was submitted to the Ruling Senate
accompanied by a copy of the concession for the establishment and working
of a submarine telegraph line between Russia and Sweden, granted by
Imperial Order on the 21st of August of the same year for a period of
30 years to the State Councillor Titgen and the merchant Ericsen.
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British government officials about the Italian Government’s support for proposals by the British company Marconi, initially in association with the German company Telefunken, to establish a network of wireless (radio) telegraph stations in Persia. The main correspondents are ministers and senior officials at the Foreign Office and 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. in London, the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department headquarters in London, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Calcutta, the British Minister to Persia at Tehran (also spelt Teheran) and the British Ambassador to Russia at Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]. The correspondents discuss the harm that would be caused to the British monopoly on telegraphic installations and communications between India, Southern Persia (referred to as the British zone) and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in the event that the Marconi Company was successful in obtaining a concession (licence) from the Persian Government, with the concurrence of the Russian Government. Included in the volume is a copy of the Marconi proposals, written in French and presented by the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1914. At the end of the volume is a copy of the General Post Office publication ‘Cable communication: further print of Concessions Granted in Foreign Countries accompanying memorandum of 13th October 1899, comparing General Forms of License for landing cables in the United Kingdom and various Licenses or Concessions for landing cables in British Possessions or Foreign Countries’, printed in October 1905.
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- 1 volume (316 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3632 (Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia) consists of one volume.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/298
- Title
- File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 70r:80v, 86v:317v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence