ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (٥٥٨/٢٢٥)

PERSIA— Telegraphs —NO. XXX—1872.
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to any portion of the revenue from transit traffic over the line from JuKa (on the
Russian* frontier) to Bushire. This revenue shall therefore be divided between
the English Government and the Indo-European Company in such manner as
they themselves may decide, and the accounts between them shall be settled
without the intervention of the Persian Government.
As regards international messages originating or terminating in Persia, the
Persian Government agrees to cede to the English Government, for a term of
three (3) years, the entire Persian terminal tax on such messages in considera
tion of a fixed annual payment of two thousand (2,000) tomans to be paid to Persia
by the English Government. After the three (3) years, the Persian Government
shall be free either to accept an annual payment calculated on the basis of two-
thirds of the average terminal receipts or to claim two-thirds of the receipts from
all bom fide terminal messages. The Persian Government agrees to leave it to
the sense of justice of the English Government to decide which are bom fide ter
minal messages and which are to be considered as transit messages, being for
warded to Persia evidently for the purpose of being re-transmitted to other countries.
During the time this Treaty remains in force, the Persian Government engages
itself to oppose at the International Telegraph conferences any alteration in the
present transit and terminal rates, unless a previous agreement with the English
Government shall have been made.
Article 9.
The Enghsh Administration being responsible for the correct transmission
of all international messages and for the adjustment of the accounts will collect
the payments for these messages according to the rates of the prevailing inter
national Telegraph Convention.
All international messages originating in Persia shall, before transmission,
be registered and sealed by officials appointed by the Persian Government. In
ternational messages terminating in Persia shall be delivered to the addressees
through the agency of the same officials, who shall be bound to give receipts for
such messages to the English Administration.
The Persian Administration shall, at all times, have free access to the Eng
lish Offices and to all records connected with international traffic. International
messages are those which pass over the wires of more than one State.
Article 10.
The maintenance of the line, including repairs and the appointment, control,
and payment of the line guards, shall remain in the hands of the English Director
and stafi.
As a contribution towards ^expenditure under this head the Persian Gov
ernment will pay to the English Director the sum of one thousand (1,000) tomans
annually, this amount being deducted from the royalty due to Persia by the
Indo-European Telegraph Company as hereinbefore described in Article 8 ^