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PART III.

British rights on Turkish Arabia Rivers.
CHAPTER X.
British Navigation rights on tho Euphrates and Tigris.
Sbctiom. Paragraphs.
I—Early British Navigation of tho Euphrates and Tigris • • • 1—7
II—Ormsby’a Surveys of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1826—32 8—9
III— Chesney's Euphrates and Tigris Expedition, 1881—37 ... 10-19
IV— Tho East India Company's Euphratos Flotilla, 1837—41 ... 20—31
V— Tho question ns to the utility of maintaining an armed stoamor
Nitooris on tho Tigris, 1845 ... 32—38
VI—British mercantile shipping on tho Tigris and replacement of
JSilocris by Cornel, 1845—52 ... 39-49
VII—Navigation of the Tigris by British mercantile steam ships and
the question of retention of the Comet, 1&59—7 1 ... 60—67
VIII—Opposition of tho Porte to the proposed replacemout of the
steamers of Messrs. Lynch & Co., 1874—75 ... 68—74
IX—Question of our navigation rights in 1880—82 ... ... 76—80
X—Replacement of tho Comet with a new vossel of similar size,
1880—83 ... • •• ... 81—87
XI—(1) Proposed replacement of Blosse Lynch with a new steamer.
(2) Turkish opposition to navigation of the Tigris by British
ships, 1883 ... ... ... ... 88—107
CHAPTER XI.
British Postal Service on the Tigris from Basrah to
Baghdad and the Turkish attempts to abolish it.
I—History of the British Postal Service in Turkish Arabia from
early times to 1807 ... 108—128
II—Basrah Post Office, 1868—88 .. 129—142
III— Baghdad Post Ofiico, 1868—84 ... ... ... 143—146
IV— Basrah and Baghdad Postal Service, 1867—80 ... ... 147—163
V—Turkish opposition to the British Postal Service and their attempt
to replace it with their own Postal Service, 1881—81 ... 164—177
VI—Turkish demands for abolition of the British Postal Service in
1885—b7 ... ... 178—180
VII—Turkish demand for abolition of the British Postal Service in
1888 ... 181—181A.
VIII—Turkish attempt at abolishing tho British Postal Service in 1894 182—184
IX—Question of delivery of Postal parcels at Baghdad and Basrah ... 185—198
X—Insurance of parcels to Baghdad • ot ... 199—205
XI—Mail contracts with the Euphrates and Tigris Navigation Com­
pany, 18U2—96 • • t ... 206—216
CHAPTER XII.
Certain interesting facts connected with the rights on the
Euphrates and Tigris.
I—Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris and Mesopotamia, 1837—65 218__226
II—The Coal Dcpftt at Maaghil ... 227—249
HI—The Dromedary post between Damascus and Baghdad, 1844-86 250—258
IV—Proposed construction of a dam across the Tigris, 1879 ... 259—261
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