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Part III.
LIST OF CONTENTS ~contd.
Skotioh. PARAORAPII8.
V—Movements of the Comet north of Baghdad opposed by the
Pox to, 1885 202
VI—Alleged intention of the Turks to construct a canal on the
Tigris, 1880—H7 ... 2G3—2G5
VII—Alleged unsuitability of the Cornel for services required at
Baghdad, 1887—90 ... 200—275
VIII—Rumoured formation of a new Ottoman River Company,
1692 ... 270—278
IX—Messrs. Lynch's claim for cortain privileges allowed to the
Ottoman steamers ... 279—280
X—Behaviour of the Turkish Police towards the Comet,
1893—9-1 ... 281—282
XI—Navigability of the Tigiis, 1899 • • • ... 283—287
XII—Permission accorded to Messrs Lynch to tow barges on
the Tigris, and subsequently withdrawn, 1899 ... 288—292
XIII— Congestion of traffic between Baghdad and Basrah, 3903 293
XIV— Unsatisfactory character of the Mail Service maintained
by the Euphrates and 'ligris Navigation Company,
1899—1903 293—297
XV—Opening of an improved Turkish Steam Service on the
Tigris, 1901 •M ... 298—299
XVI—The new mail contract ... 300—301A
XVII—Supply of launch for the Residency, 1904—05 ... 30 IB—30 ID
XVIII—Recent Postal Affairs ... 301E—301F.
CHAPTER XTII.
Turkish Fort at Fao and Military Posts on the
Shat-el-Arab ... 302—335
CHAPTER TIV.
Turkish Pretensions to Jurisdiction ov.er the Shq,U
le-Arab and Mohammerah,
I—Turkish Jurisdiction on the SJ.ial-el-Arab ... ... 330—339
II—Rights of* British naval ships to ascend up the Shat-el*
Arab ... •/*. .... 340—352
III— Objection of the Porte to the presence of British war-ships
at Basrah, 1883—86 •ff ... 353-359
IV— Number of guns allowed to bo carried by foreign vessels in
the Shat-el-Arab, ll893j •v •V. ... 360—362
V—Levy of Customs dues by the Turks on imports and exports
at Mohammcrah, l|893-94 .... 363r-376
VI—Turkish quarantine arrangements on the Shat-el-Arab, 1890 875—377.
VII—Proposed Turkish.quarantino at Fao, 1891—97 ... 378-387.
VIII—Sanitary Posts in the Persian Gulfand Turkish Arabia pro­
posed by the Paris Conference of. 1894 ... 3884—391)
IX— (1) Rlackmailing of British Indian nat.iye craft by Turkish
Officers on tbo Shat-el-Arab. (2) Quarantine Restrictions.
(3) Proposed appointment.of a Consul at,Fao,. 1894—95.,,. 392—407'
X— Boarding of.British Indian vcssels.in search, of •nrms,.189.5-^.
96 ••• ••• •••
... 408-422
XI—Appointraonkof a,.Consul at Fao. (2) Despatch of a man-of-
war. (3) Their withdrawal, 1890—97 423—435
XII—Plague in India anfl quarajtin? arrangement? in Turkish
Arabia, 1897—98 ... ... 486—449
CHAPTER XV:
Piraciei on the Shat-el-Arab, 1888—1904 ... 451—*501,