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Sir P. Currie recommended that the company ^
should retain their barge at Bagdad. August 16,
1897.
In the following month (September 1897) the
company represented that the low-water season Navigation
had commenced, and that the Tigris was expected 2^
to drop to a lower level than in previous years, 1897.
and they urged that pressure should be brought
to bear on the Porte to allow the towing of
barsres. It seems that there had been a con- Sir P. Currie,
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tinually increasing deterioration of the navigable March 29, 1897,
. channel of the river owing to the amount of
water carried off by the canals, which, originally
constructed for irrigation purposes, had, from
want of supervision and control, practically
become rivers, seriously decreasing the volume
of the parent stream. The matter had been Sir P. Currie,
brought to the notice of the Porte by Sir P.
Currie, who received assurances that works
would be undertaken for the improvement of the
river. When the company's letter of the 23rd
September was communicated to him. Sir P.
Currie caused verbal representations to be made Sir P. Currie,
to the Turkish Foreign Minister with the view of October 8,1897
arriving at some arrangement respecting the
improvement of the navigable channel of the
Tigris, the towing of barges generally, and the
maintenance of the barge at Bagdad. In support
of these representations he addressed a 7iote Sir P Currie,
l ' erb " le t0 the Porte on the 7th October, 1897, but i^cemter 4 1397
only received in reply a vague assurance that
measures would be taken to improve the course
of navigation as soon as a decision had been
arrived at by the Council of State. Further
assurances respecting the improvement of the Sir P. Carrie,
navigation of the Tigris were received earlv in 83 and 171
the following vear +1 "n i n* rt'bi uary 9 and
o } \ oJo^ but the Porte refused March 21,1898
to give the company temporary permission to tow
barges, and the Grand Vizier objected to submit
the question again to the Sultan, as the latter
had on two previous occasions declined to grant
the necessary irade.
30 OOO^ntr 8 r ir ' d6 8ancti0nin 8 a grant of Sir P. Currie.
' 0 P lastr es for the improvement of the S 5 ' 317 '
channel of the Tigris was issued by the Sultan. ^ 26 ' 1898 -
The Euphrates and Tigris Company urged that r v
pending: the exppnHrm ^ +1 , & Tlia ti Euphrates and
f. 5 ex ecution of the works to be under-
taken in connection with this o-ro^f n i Navigation
be allowpH ttus grant, they should Com^ny,
owed m the autumn to tow barges April 23 - 1898 -
Representations to fhic oW *. 0
Porte. The char^ rlJff "' er0 made to the Mr - ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية p ^.
charge d affaires at Constantinople