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File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports' [‎95v] (195/258)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1916. It was written in English. 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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to the Syndicate by the Government on or before the delivery of the plans survevs
specifications and estimates to the Government in accordance with article 13 hereof
The costs charges and expenses of such surveys may at the option of the Government
be paid and satisfied either in cash or in Imperial State bonds similar to the recent
issue of States bonds. Should the Government elect to satisfy such costs charg^ i'
expenses in Imperial State bonds they shall give to the Syndicate notice in writing of
such election and thereupon the Government shall deposit with the Imperial Bank of
Persia at . the said
Imperial State bonds sufficient at the price of ST^- per cent, (at which price the
Syndicate agrees to accept the said bonds) to cover the costs charges and expenses to be
incurred in making such surveys with authority to such bank to deliver to the Syndicate
on production of monthly certificates signed by the company’s engineer an amount
of bonds sufficient at the said price of 87|- per cent, to satisfy the amount of such
monthly certificate.
Article 16.
At the expiration of the period of three months mentioned in article 14 hereof the
Syndicate shall have the right to construct the said railways hereinbefore firstly
described upon the basis of the said plans surveys specifications and estimates to
be delivered by the Syndicate to the Government in accordance with article 13 hereof
subject to such modifications thereof as shall have been agreed between the Government
and the Syndicate. The Syndicate shall be at liberty to enter into any contracts with
any persons or companies approved by the Syndicate for the construction of the whole
or any part of the said railway or the supply of the whole or any part of the materials
required for the construction or equipment thereof: Provided that the liabilities of the
Government and the Syndicate hereunder shall not by reason of any such contract be
respectively increased or diminished. In the event of the aggregate amounts paid
by the Syndicate under any such contracts and in respect of interests and expenses
being less than the estimated cost of the construction and equipment of the said railway
as mentioned in article 13 hereof the Syndicate shall upon the said railway being
completed and opened for public traffic at their option either pay to the Government a
sum in cash equivalent to 87J per cent, of the nominal amount of the bonds which may
have been issued in excess of such aggregate amounts or deliver to the Government
the said excess aggregate amounts in bonds at 87£ per cent. In the event of such
aggregate amounts being greater than the said estimated costs the Government shall
when called upon by the Syndicate issue to the Syndicate additional railway bonds
similarly secured to an amount sufficient at the price of 87^- to satisfv the amount
of such difference.
Article 17.
. r ^^ ie Syndicate shall commence the construction of the said railway within a period
o six caiendar months after the bonds mentioned in article 19 shall have been issued
by the Syndicate and shall proceed with the construction thereof when commenced
with all due diligence m order that the same may be opened for public traffic within a
perioc o six years calculated from the date of the approval by the Government of the
said survey : Provided that the period for the construction of the said railway shall be
subject to such extension as the circumstaupfis rrmv T-ormir'c ir, loLom.
be sufhepMnTbp^A 11 ^ a PP 0 ^ nt a qualified British or American engineer who shall
the works Ind of P^f 6 ° f the ^ ndicate for purpofe of examining
the said survevs nlnns m ^ same ^ ave P een constructed in accordance with
public traffic " ^ " UC s P eci ^ catlons an h that the same are ready to be opened for
Article 19.
railway the GoveVnmerit 6 le0lldr ® d to P r oceed with the construction of the said
= a^S^ 1 C T e and the S ^ dicate sha11 be authorised to issue
amounT of the e^imate ^ nd ^. Sll ^p® n ^ a t the price of 87|- per cent, net to provide the
the estimate mentioned in article 13 hereof. Such railway bonds shall

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire.

The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson on the technical issues concerning development of railway lines between Bushire and Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas and Shiraz. Also included is a report on the commercial possibilities of these two developments, compiled by Commercial Adviser, H G Chick. These reports (folios 101-124) are preceded by an accompanying summary and analysis by 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox.

Also discussed in the correspondence is the question of concessions for railways in the neutral zone and the relative advantages (climate, water supply) of Bushire and Bandar Abbas as railway termini in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence also features discussion of a rumoured German scheme for a Bushire-Shiraz railway.

Further discussion surrounds the arrangements for marine survey work in the region of Henjam and Bandar Abbas to be undertaken by the RIMS Palinurus. A report by the Captain of the Palinurus, Captain B W Mainprise is included along with three marine survey maps (folios 48-50).

The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. and Consul General for Fars (Lieutenant Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); (Lieutenant Colonel Stuart George Knox); First Assistant to 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. , Captain L Birdwood; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Under Secretary of State, 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. ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Louis Mallet); Director, Royal Indian Marine, Walter Lumsden; Officer Comanding, RIMS Palinurus ( Captain B W Mainprise); Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.

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

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1 volume (129 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 4648 (Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/316. The explanation of the cover sheet/divider at the front of each volume (regarding the correspondence series numbers which have been put together to form the volumes) will be given in the Scope and Content.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; 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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