The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN
.TURKEY.

With a view to develope the resources of the Ottoman
empire it has been determined by his Majesty the Sultan
to establish a system of railway communication therein.
The Imperial Ottoman Embassy at London, have been
authorised to make known to the capitalists of Great
Britain generally the decision of the Sublime Porte on
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the subject, and to submit the following statement of the
fu
the concession
between ncession for con-
structing
Con-
stantinople and Belgrade will be based :—" 1. The Im-
perial Government decrees the establishment of a line
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of railway from Constantinople to Belgrade. 2. In this
nda fundamental
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petroial the
experience Government leas
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3. The construction and working of this line will be
granted to the company which shall make by tender the
most advantageous offer, and shall present the best
guarantees. 4. A period of six months, dating from
the Ist of October, 1855, is fixed, during which all
offers will be received, either directly at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs at Constantinople, or through the
medium of the Embassies and Legations of the Sub-
lime Porte throughout Europe. 5. During this period
of six months, companies desirous of tendering for this
line will be afforded every possible facility for pro-
curing all necessary information and making such inve
tigations as they may deem desirable. 6. The first Mon.
day in the month of April, 1856, the tenders which shall
have been presented will be opened at the Sublime Porte
at Constantinople, before the High Council of the
Tanzimat, in presence of the accredited agents of the
companies tendering, and the concession will be granted
to such company as shall have made the most ad-
vantageous offer and shall present the most gua-
rantees. 7. The concession will take place by
virtue of a decision. with motives assigned, of the
High Council of the Tanzimat, which shall be published
and afterwards confirmed by an Imperial decree. 8.
The company shall be constituted and shall exist only
under the name and title of The Imperial Ottoman Com-
pany.' 9. The shareholders may either be subjects of
the Sublime Porte or foreigners, indifferently. 10. The
construction as well as the direction of the working of
this line will always be under the high supervision of
the Sublime Porte. 11. The company will always be
subject to the general laws of the empire. 12. The timber
necessary for the construction of the railway, the sta-
tions, &c., shall be furnished exclusively by the forests
of the Crown, on cos ditions which shall be fixed by
agreement between the Imperial Government and the
concessionary company. 13. The Imperial Government
will grant the lands over which the line of railway
shah pe.e,
but the ownership of the land shall always
remain with the Imperial Government. 14. The coal
tc obme tpwa en en
mines which may be found in the vicinity of the course
of the line, will be granted to the concessionary
on conditions which shall be fixed by agreernen
the Imperial Government and such company,e
rity, after the manner pursued in lke Ca
companies tendering will be required to
casesother
furnish 15. The
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countries of Europe."