§ EARL PERCYI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the Customs hypothecated by the Persian Government to the service of the Russian Five Per Cent. Gold Loan of 1900 include those of the provinces of Luristan, Khuzistan, or Kerman.
§ * LORD CRANBORNEWe understand from the terms of the Loan which have been published in Russia and communicated to the Bondholders, that it is secured on the revenues of all the Persian Customs with the exception of those of Fars and of the ports of the Persian Gulf.