File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’ [‎325r] (19/148)

C|)fe Xnfcmture, made the
day of
1905,
BETWEEN The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company,
Limited (herein-after called “ the Company ”), being a Joint Stock
Company with limited liability, registered under the provisions of the
Act of Parliament made and passed in the 19th and 20th years of
the reign of Queen Victoria, entitled “ An Act for the Incorporation
and Regulation of Joint Stock Companies and other Associations,” of
the one part, and The Secretary of State for India in Council (herein
after called “ the Secretary of State ”) of the other part.
Witnesseth, and it is hereby agreed and declared as follows, viz.:—
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1. That this Contract shall be deemed to have commenced on the first Commencement
day of May one thousand nine hundred and four, and shall continue in force termination of
up to and including the thirtieth day of April one thousand nine hundred on r,iC ’
a“hd fourteen, when it shall terminate.
2. That the Company shall and will at all times during the continuance Good and efficient
of this Contract, or so long as the whole or any part of the service hereby steamers to be
agreed to be performed ought to be performed in pursuance thereof, provide, P r0V1(ied *
maintain and keep in complete repair and readiness all such good and
efficient steam vessels as may be necessary for properly maintaining such
weekly line of communication as is herein-after mentioned.
3. That the vessels to be employed under this Contract shall be always Supply of proper
supplied and furnished with all necessary and proper machinery, engines, machinery, &c.
apparel, furniture, stores, and whatsoever else may be requisite and necessary
for equipping the said vessels, and rendering them constantly efficient for the
service hereby contracted to be performed, and also manned and provided
with competent officers and engineers and a sufficient crew, to be in all
respects as to vessels, engines, equipments, engineers, officers, and crew,
subject in the first instance, and from time to time and at all times after
wards, to the approval of the Secretary of State, or of the Government of
India, or of a Government Officer for the time being acting on his or its
behalf (herein-after termed the said Government Officer).
4. That the Company shall, in every case of any one or more of the said Replacement of
vessels becoming disabled, immediately at their own cost and charge replace dlsabled vessels,
the same by another good and efficient vessel or other good and efficient
vessels.
5. That the Company shall and will establish and maintain a regular line Lines of communH
of communication from Bussora to Bagdad and back by means of the vessels catlon -
before mentioned, unless prevented by political disturbances or other circum
stances over which the Company have no control, and so far as is compatible
with the reasonable requirements of their trade the communication between
the two ports shall be weekly, and in every case in which it is desired to delay
the departure of the weekly steamer the consent of His Majesty’s Consul-
General at Bagdad or of His Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Bussora shall be first
obtained.
6. That the intermediate places to be called at, and the times of departure Places of call, and
of the said vessels on their several voyages from Bussora or Bagdad 1 ^ mes departure,
respectively, and the times within which the runs in the said voyages shall c *
be made, and the stay at the said terminal or intermediate places, shall be
fixed from time to time by the said Government Officer in consultation with
the Agent of the Company m such detail as may seem to be necessary or
desirable, the times of departures from and arrivals at Bussora being to such
extent, as may be deemed desirable, made dependent on the arrivals and
departures of the mail steamers of the British India Steam Navigation
Company; any such fixtures shall be subject to alteration by the same
Y 10593. 6.—3/1905. I. 81. A