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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [68r] (142/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1911-25 Nov 1912. 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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Article 11.
The Syndicate will commence the surveys for the tracings for the railway
hereinbefore firstly described within four months from the date of this contract and
will employ competent persons to complete the same with all due diligence and not later
than IS months from the date of this contract.
Article 12.
The line of the said railways shall be a single track of such gauge as shall be
decided on by the Syndicate pnor to the commencement of the said surveys and shall
be provided with all necessary auxiliary lines and sidings. The lines may be partly
adhesive and partly rack and shall be of first-class construction and workmanship
adapted to the class and needs of the country traversed. The said railways shall
be provided with at least one telegraph and/or telephone line throughout the
whole length thereof with all necessary apparatus for working the same. The said
telegraph and telephone line shall form part of the said railway and the cost thereof
shall be included in the estimates. *
Article 13.
On the completion of the said survey the Syndicate shall forthwith submit to
the Government the plans with the surveys of the general tracing of the said railway
and the stations and the appurtenances thereof together with a specification of the
works necessary for the construction thereof and of the materials locomotives rolling
stock plant and other articles and things requisite and necessary for the construction
and equipment thereof and together also with an estimate of the cost of the construction
and equipment thereof. The said estimate shall include the cost of the construction and
equipment together with all engineering freight and other charges ( and all import
duties upon such of the materials and things to be imported for the purposes of
the survey construction and equipment of the said railways as shall not be exempt
from import duties under the provisions hereof the amount or estimated amount to
be paid for the expropriation of land under article 4 hereof and also an estimated
amount for the payment of interest in respect of the railway bonds hereinafter
mentioned to be issued for the purpose of the construction of the said railwa}^ until
such time as the said railway shall be opened for public traffic and for a period of two
years thereafter and also a sum calculated at the rate of 15,000Z. per annum during the
period of the construction of the said railways as remuneration for the Syndicate for its
services and to cover all expenses of and incidental to the issue of the railway bonds
mentioned in article 19 hereof in Europe. The said estimate shall be based upon
an average cost per mile or upon the cost per section or upon such other basis as
the Syndicate may determine to be preferable.
Article 14.
The Government shall make such criticisms or objections to the said plans surveys
specifications and estimates as it may think proper and subject to any objections which
shall have been made in writing by the Government and shall not have been complied
with or overcome by the Syndicate and shall be still outstanding such plans surveys
specifications and estimates shall be considered as approved and accepted by the
Government at the expiration of three calendar months from the date of the delivery
thereof to the Government.
Article 15.
The said survey shall be undertaken by the Syndicate at the sole cost of the j
Government and the Syndicate shall during such survey render to the Government j
monthly accounts of the costs charges and expenses incurred by the Syndicate in
connection therewith and shall submit to the Government reasonable vouchers for all
such costs charges and expenses and the Government shall reimburse the Syndicate
the costs charges and expenses comprised in any such account within one calendar
month after such account and the vouchers relating thereto shall have been delivered
to the Government. Any balance of any such costs charges and expenses to be
incurred by the Syndicate on behalf of the Government remaining unpaid shall be paid
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The volume concerns proposals for the construction of a British-owned railway between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad] in Persia.
The papers include: the response of the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the Government of Persia, and the Government of Russia to the proposals; an 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. 'Memorandum on Persian Railways' dated June 1911 (including a map entitled ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Adjacent Countries', dated June 1908, on folio 184, to illustrate the memorandum); a Government of India 'Report of the Committee on the Proposed Trans-Persian Railway', February 1911 (folios 126-128); 'Report to the Board of Trade by Mr. H. W. Maclean, Special Commissioner of the Commercial Intelligence Committee to Persia, on certain matters connected with Persian Trade' (folios 101-104), and letter giving the views of the Board of Trade on the proposed railway, 25 March 1912 (folios 96-99); correspondence from the Persian Railways Syndicate, which stated it was surprised at the 'lukewarm attitude' towards the project of the Government of India (folio 80); discussion of proposals to negotiate a lease of Khor Musa [Khowr-e Mūsá] from the Shaikh of Mohammerah (folios 26-54); and interest in Khor Musa from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (folios 38-39).
There is also significant correspondence in the file from the Foreign Office and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox).
The volume contains copies of earlier correspondence and agreements from 1903-1911.
The French language content of the volume consists of approximately ten folios of diplomatic correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (194 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of volume.
The subject 930 (Mohammerah-Khoremabad Railway) consists of one volume only.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 194; 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 and back covers. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-51; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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