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File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.' [92r] (188/514)
The record is made up of 1 volume (253 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
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December 23.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 5.
1913
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[54647] No. 1 .
Si?* G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey .— (Received December 23.)
(No. 1085.)
Sir, Constantinople, December 18, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith copies of a despatch which I
have received from His Majesty’s consul at Bussorah, concerning the arrangement
made between Messrs. Lynch Brothers and the Bagdad Railway Company, relative to
the transport of their railway material from Bussorah to Bagdad.
Certain rumours have lately been circulated here, and some newspapers have even
published articles to the effect that the Ottoman Government were making objections
to the formation of the new subsidiary company.
1 therefore caused enquiries to bo made at the Ministry of Public Works here,
from which it appears that the Ministry has not, so far, been approached on the
subject of the recognition of the company.
With regard to the arrangement already made between Messrs. Lynch and the
Bagdad Railway Company, the Ministry have, I understand, raised no objection.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther.
(No. 51. Confidential.)
Sir, Bussorah, October 29, 1912.
I HAVE received the following information from Mr. Tod, managing director of
Messrs. Lynch Brothers, at Bagdad, respecting the present arrangements with the
Societe de Transports fluviaux en Orient, for the transport of the Bagdad Railway
material.
The agreement signed between the Bagdad Railway Company and the Societe
de Transports is for the carriage of a quantity not exceeding 150,000 tons of railway
material from Bussorah to Bagdad in four years, of which the Bagdad Railway
Company guarantees to provide a minimum quantity of 100,000 tons in three years,
at the following rates :—
100.000 tons in 36 months at 8 s. 9d. per ton ; or
120.000 tons in 48 months at 10s. per ton ; or
130.000 tons in 48 months at 9s. per ton.
This freight is to be paid to the Societe de Transports, who are to provide five
tugs and eighteen barges for the purpose, and lease them to the railway company
under article 9 of the Bagdad Railway Convention. The railway company have
appointed Messrs. Lynch Brothers their managing agents to work the fleet and
forward the material.
By agreement between Messrs. Lynch Brothers and the Bagdad Railway Company,
Messrs. Lynch Brothers undertake to forward from 2,500 to 3,500 tons per mensem,
and the railway company agrees to always keep 4,000 tons ready for them.
The transhipment of the material from the ocean steamers at Bussorah is to be
effected by Messrs. Robert Wdnckhaus and Co., at Is. lid. per ton, but if they
are unable to carry out this arrangement, Messrs. Lynch Brothers contract to do the
work at 2s. 3d. per ton.
Messrs. Lynch Brothers act in the matter solely as agents for the Bagdad Railway
Company for the transport of the material and the service of the vessels and barges,
and will receive the sum of 14s. per ton of cargo carried for the administration,
up-keep, and management of the vessels, and this sum includes the cost of stores, coal,
and all expenses. The cargo and all plant and material imported for forwarding
[2732 s—5]
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The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, 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 Board of Trade; and the Secretary of The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.
The papers cover: contracts and agreements; Russian concern over the proposed agreement; the formation of a joint company to operate river transport on the Euphrates and Tigris; the assertion by Britain of exceptional rights to navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia; and papers concerning the general Baghdad Railway question.
The French language content of the volume consists of contracts, agreements and conventions, with English translations.
The volume contains conventions and agreements that are earlier than the man date range, dated 1903-11.
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- 1 volume (253 folios)
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The subject 1808 (Bagdad Railway) consists of one volume only. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 31r:31v, 34r:49v, 54r:59v, 61r:75v, 78r:81v, 83r:89v, 91r:135v, 138r:141v, 143r:145v, 192r:214v, 254r:254v, back-i
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