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LIST OP CONTENTS.

CHAPTER X.
British Navigation rights on tho Euphrates
and Tigris.
Skotion. PAnAGIUPUS.
I—Early British Navigation of tho Euphrates and Tigris ... 1—7
II—Ormsby's Surveys of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1820—32 8-9
III— Chesney's Euphrates and Tigris Expedition, 1834—37 ... 10—19
IV— The East India Company's Euphrates Flotilla, 1837—44 20—31
V— The question as to tho utility of maintaining an armed
steamer A’ilocris on tho Tigris, 1845 32—38
VI— British mercantile shipping on the Tigris and replacement
of Milocris by Cornel, 1845—52 39—49
VII—Navigation of the Tigris by British mercantilo etcam ships
and the question of retention of tho Comet, 1859—71 ... 60—67
VIII—Opposition of tho Porte to the proposed.replacement of the
steamers of Messrs. Lynch & Co., 1874—75 68—74
IX—Question of our navigation rights in 1880—82 75—80
X—Replacement of the Comet with a new vessel of similar 6izc,
1880—83 81—87
XI—(1) Proposed replacement of Bio33c Lt/nch with a new
steamer. (2) Turkish opposition to navigation of tho
Tigris by British ships, 1883 ... 88—107
CHAPTER XI.
British Postal Service ou the Tigris from Basrah to
Baghdad and the Turkish attempts to abolish it.
I—History of tho British Postal Service in Turkish Arabia
from early times to 1867 ... ... 108—128
II—Basrah Post Office, 1868—88 ... ... 119—142
III— Baghdad Post Office, 1808—84 ... ... 143—140
IV— Basrah and Baghdad Postal Service, 1367—80 ... 147—153
V—Turkish opposition to the British Postal Service and their
attempt to replace it with their own Postal Service,
1S81—81 ... ... ... ... 154—177
VI—Turkish demands for abolition of tho British Postal Sorvice
in 1835—87 ... 178—180
VII—Turkish demand for abolition of the British Postal Service
in 1883 ... 181—181A.
VIII—Turkish attompt at abolishing the British Postal Sorvice in
1894 ... ... 182—184
IX—Question of delivery of Postal {parcels at Baghdad and 185—198
Basrah
X—Insurance of parcels to Baghdad • •• ... 199-205
XI—Mail contracts with the Euphrates and Tigris Navigation
Company, 1862—96 • ft ... 206—216
CHAPTER XII.
Certain interesting facts connected with the rights
on the Euphrates and Tigris.
X—Survey of tho Euphrates and Tigris and Mesopotamia,
1837—65 ... ,,, ... 218—226
II—Tho Coal Dcp6t at Maaghil ... ... 227—249
HI—'Tho^DromedarS post between Damascus and Baghdad,
• •• ... 250—258
IV—Proposed construction of a dam across the Tigris, 1879 ... 259—261
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