ملف رقم ٣٦٣٢ لسنة ١٩١٢ "برقيات - الاتصالات اللاسلكية في بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎١] (٦٤٠/٥٨٦)

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Article 21 .
\\ hon it is required to construct nny land lines to be connected with the
submarine lines laid by the Company at the telegraph stations, such land
Imes will be constructed by the Ottoman Government, and, although they
will be the property oi the Government, the maintenance of the same shall be
at the charge of the Company.
Article 22.
The telegraph stations belonging to the Company shall be constructed by
and for account of the Company, but the localities where the same are to be
erected shall be agreed upon with the concurrence of the Telegraph
Administration.
Article 23.
The Company will have the right and the permission to lay down and to
consti not submai me lines (within the period of three years, commencing
from the date ol the present agreement, without any guarantee or subsidv, for
its own account, as it will also be for its account both the profit and loss ;
the concession for the construction of such lines shall be for the period of
ot) years, upon condition of transmitting the official correspondence of the
Government at one-half of the tariff; in the event of the working of any of the
said lines remaining interrupted for a period of two years, the concession
relating to the line so interrupted shall become null and void) from Chio to
S\ia, from Chio to Candia, from Chio to Salonica, from Candia or from any
other point of the shores of the Ottoman Government chosen by this latter
to the coast of Egypt.
In the event of the telegraph line, either from Egypt to Crete, or from
Egypt to any other point of the shores of Turkey to be chosen by the
Ottoman Government (in conformity with what has been stated here above)
being insufficient for the transmission of the telegraph correspondence, the
Company will be bound to construct a second submarine line between
Egypt and a point of the Ottoman shores, to be decided upon by the
Imperial Government, but in consideration of such an engagement no one
else will have the right, so long as the concession remains in force, to
construct telegraph lines between the province of Egypt and any point
whatever of the other shores of the Imperial Government.
Article 24.
The Company binds itself to transmit exclusively through the medium
of the lines of the Ottoman Government, all the despatches and corre
spondence coming from or destined to India, and passing through the lines
of the Company Kb wall.
Article 25.
In the event of the Company Kewall wishing to transfer the concession
granted by the present agreement to another company, it shall have to give
notice to Government six months before doing so.
The Ottoman Government will consent to such transfer after having
ascertained that the new company is a fit and safe one.
Article 26.
Any misunderstanding which might occur between the Company and
the Telegraph Administration, as to the fulfilment of the articles stipulated
by the present agreement as well as to the meaning of the words and
expressions contained herein, shall be investigated and settled before the
Council of State.
Article 27.
All the arrangements of agreements relating to submarine lines entered
into with the Company Kewall previous to the present agreement are
annulled by the conclusion of this agreement.
The present agreement having been discussed and examined in detail by
the Council of State has been submitted to the sanction of His Imperial
Majesty, and, the execution of the same having been authorised by a decree,
has been drawn up in duplicate, and signed and sealed by the Minister of
Public Works and by the Company; one of the said duplicates has been