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Appendix II.
Tariffs between Europe and India.
From the commencement of 1865 to the end of 1868 the tariff vid Turkey
was 51. for 20 words, and 41. 2s. 6d. via Russia. The Turkish route was
very defective, and messages took from five to 17 days in transit. The
route via Russia was even worse, and scarcely any of the traffic went that
way.
In 1869 the tariff was lowered to 21. 17s. for 20 words and 1/. 10s for
10 words. The monopoly vid Turkey and the bad state of communication
continued, and it will be seen from Statement 1 that the reduction in tariff
resulted only in a large falling off in receipts.
In 1871 the tariff via Russia and the Red Sea was raised to 41. 10s. for
20 words and to 3Z. 10s. for 10 words, while vid Turkey it remained at
It. 17s. and 11. Ivs. The Eastern and Indo-European Companies had now
commenced operations, and cables had been laid beyond India which
increased the total amount of traffic, but the receipts of this Department
tell oft owing to the opposition route vid the Red Sea.
The earnings of the chief feeder of our Department, the Indo-European
Company during 1870 and 1871 having not only been too little to pay any
dividend, but insufficient for the maintenance of the line, to save the
Company from collapse, the Turkish tariff was, in 1872, raised by pressure
to the level of the other rates, that is, it was made 41. 10s. and half messages
were suppressed. °
'^ ro . n , 1 r pY ^ le f^iff via the Red Sea and Russia was reduced to 41
and via Turkey to 3Z. 15s. ’
From 15th November 1873 the tariff was again reduced to Fes. 50 for
10 words messages, and Fes. 5 for each additional word between London and
India only.
At the St. Petersburg Conference in 1875 a mean rate of Fes. 5*50 Was
introduced between India and Europe vid Russia and the Red Sea and
.res. 5 via Turkey.
At the London Conference of 1879 the rate was raised to Fes. 5-60 per
word in consequence of an increase of 10 centimes in the Indian terminal
rate, and Fes. o • 10 vid Turkey.
At the Berim. Conference of 1885 the rate was again reduced to Fes 5
per word via Russia and the Red Sea, and Fes. 4*50 vid Turkey, and this
rate has remained in force ever since.
At the Rome Conference of 1872 the system was first adopted of charffinff
a lower rate between Europe and India on messages destined for places
beyond India, and this procedure has been maintained ever since at each
succeeding Conference. At first the rate was graduated according to the
distance beyond India for which the message was destined, and it was not
until the St. Petersburg Conference of 1875 that one rate was adopted for
all places beyond India. r
. attached Statement No. Ill shows the various tariffs which have been
m force since the opening of the lines, and the division between the different
Governments and Administrations. It also shows the Russian and Turkish
transit rates on messages for India, and the rate charged for messages
transiting the same frontiers, but not going as far as India