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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [4v] (13/162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. 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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the Indo-European Telegraph Department at a rental of 4 per
cent, on the capital expended on its construction, including cost of
material—three quarters of such rental to be retained by the
British Government to recoup them for the advances made, and
one quarter, subject to a minimum of 25,000 fr., to be paid annually
to the Persian Government in two half-yearly instalments. It is
understood that should the Persian Government’s quarter share of
the rental exceed 25,000 fr., such excess shall belong to the Persian
Treasury.
ARTICLE Y.
The maintenance of the line, including repairs and the ap
pointment, control, and payment of the line guards, who must be
Persian subjects, shall remain in the hands of the British Director
and Staff, the cost being defrayed by the British Government.
The duties of the Telegraph Inspectors and line guards are strictly
confined to repairing and maintaining the line.
ARTICLE YI.
The principal offices constituting the permanent residences of
the British Electricians and Inspectors shall be situated in towns
or large villages, but pending further arrangements to be agreed
upon between the two Governments, there shall only be one such
office between Kerman and the Indian frontier.
The protection of the line and of the officials, whether Persian
or British employed on it, shall be the special duty of the Persian
Government, and should the English officials wish to proceed on
inspections in districts proclaimed as dangerous by the Persian
Government, they shall inform the nearest local authority, in order
that they may be provided with an escort. The telegraph stations
shall be built according to plans approved by the Persian Govern
ment, and in towns the houses to be used as such stations shall,
wherever possible, be rented.
ARTICLE VII.
The line will be of three wires. One wire will be used by the
Persian Telegraph Administration for its local work, and the
remaining two wires be for international traffic as provided in
Articles IV, V, and VI of the 1872 Convention.
ARTICLE VIII.
Ihe revenue derived from the local traffic on the Persian wire
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.
Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; 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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