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" virtue of an Imperial firman granted in 183o
(183^) and the various vizierial letters subse
quently issued to them on various occasions by
the Sublime Porte."
Sir N. O'Conor succeeded in negotiating an
arrangement whereby the company was allowed
to run a third steamer on the Tigris until the
Hamidieh (Seniye) Administration of the Civil
List had twelve cargo steamers in addition to
those already plying between Bussorah and
Bagdad. It was stipulated that this steamer
should fly the Ottoman flag during the course
of its voyages, the Grand Vizier regarding such
stipulation as the only means of enabling him
to ward off requests from other Powers to place
vessels on the river. The arrangement was
recorded in notes exchanged on the 21st February
and the 4th March, 1907.
The note signed by Tewflk Pasha was
worded :—
" La Liste civile, qui a le monopole de la navigation
but le ligre et I'Euphrate, donne a Messrs. Lynch et
Cie. rautorisafion d'employer, k titre provisoire, un
troisieme bateau, qui naviguerait sous pavilion otto
man, jusqua ce que ledit departement ajoute donze
bateaux aux deux qui sont actuellement.en activity de
service."
A further note was addressed to the Porte by
Sir N. O Conor on the 18th March, pointing out
that the Hamidieh (Seniye) Administration had
six and not two steamers on the river; but
Tewfik Pasha maintained, in a note dated the
1st June, 1907, that the arrangement must ter
minate when the Civil List increased the number
of their vessels in service to fourteen, Sir
N. O'Conor replied to this note on the 12th June
by reminding Tewflk Pasha that, when the
arrangement was made, the actual number of
vessels plying on the Tigris was not mentioned ■
and he went on to say that the arrangement "bad
een accepted on the understanding that twelve
more steamers should be placed on the river in
addition to those actually running at the time,
ie number of which had subsequently been
found to be six. Here the matter seems to have
been allowed to drop.
■» hen the third steamer was placed on the
river the Porte complained that the company
were exceeding the limits of the arrangement
mentioned above by aUowing the vessel to tow
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 123,
March 4, 1907
[7042, File
1910/07].
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 95,
February 11, 1907
[5022, File
1910/07].
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 147,
March 5, 1907
[7896, File
1910/07].
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 172,
March 18, 1907
[9603, File
1910/07].
Sir N.C Conor,
No. 338,
June 12, 1907
[19799, File
1910/07],
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 303,
May 27, 1907
[17996, File
1910/07].