... which are then to be submitted to the Persian Government, and in iS81 the works are to be commenced. The Persian Government is to have 25 per cent. of the net profits. Of all the schemes proposed to the Persian Government this is the most promising. As the ...

... on goods brought to Persia after the i st of March next ? will it be the Persian Government or Baron Reuter ? 3. If they are to be fixed by Baron Reuter, will the Persian Government notify the new rates officially to the Russian traders ? 4. Will it be ...

... money for a railway from Enzeli to Teheran. 'The capital, about fifty million francs, is to be raised in shares, the Persian Government guaranteeing 6yT, per cent. on the capital out of their Custom-house. The sum required for paying 6y.? per cent. on ...

... THE FAILURE OF THE PERSIAN CONCESSION. THiE news of the repudiation of Baron Reuter's concession by the Persian Government that has been received at Constantinople this week remains without direct confirmation from Teheran; but it is doubtless well founded ...

... WE have lately had some more particulars regarding two schemes for the regeneration of Persia. One, submitted to the Persian Government. last summer, has for its author a member of a well-known London firm. This gentleman had travelled over an almost unknown ...

... should be adopted for British trade in the south of Persia, that a British consul should be placed at Ispahan, the Persian Government to, concede the privilege of placing steamers on the Karoon river, and the English Government to pay a subsidy of 4 ...

... latter says that, mnuch against his will, he was bound to act in accordance with instructions received from Teheran. The Persian Government, on the contrary, maintains that it never enjoined hostilities, and disowns all complicity in the misdeeds of those ...

... himself:- it' ?? ealliest times the province of Seistan has formed a part of Persia. When- ,Hi an licudes arose there the Persian Government was asked to punish the offenders u.ti (zutes, and even after the treaty of 1273, when, according to English a;i,, Po'ia ...

... ity of the Foreign Office in the matter. The pressure brought to bear by her Majesty's Minister at Teheran upon the Persian Government for the com- pensation which the Russian Government is now stepping in to provide was not indirect and unofficial ...

... passage, her steaming time from Daitrnouth, via Lisbon, Madeira, and St. Helena5 occupying only eighteen days. TJhe Persian Government is drawing uip a Note on the Km-on river qniestion. It will restrict foreign navigation, prohibit the sale of landed ...

... best route; and there will be no occasion to superscribe them specially as to route. RUSSIAN ROAD-MAKING IN PERSIA. The Persian Government has granted to M. Poliakofi; the well-knowit railway ?? niinety-iiinceyears'conlcessioi for the construc- tion ot a ...

... canals, irrigation, opening of mines, banks, and other undertakings were established, he presented a project to the Persian Government for carrying out works in various parts of Persia, and was granted a concession by the Shah on the 24th of February ...