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Page 152
... Jibuti , seemed willing to permit an extensive arms trade . In 1893 Ilg was authorized to investigate the feasibility of a rail line to Shoa from Jibuti , which enjoyed a better water supply than Obok , a good caravan road , a ...
... Jibuti , seemed willing to permit an extensive arms trade . In 1893 Ilg was authorized to investigate the feasibility of a rail line to Shoa from Jibuti , which enjoyed a better water supply than Obok , a good caravan road , a ...
Page 201
... Jibuti , and to collect the 10 per cent duty stipulated in the Con- cession of 1894.1 Duparchy and Vigoroux estimated that the 300 kilometres of the Jibuti - Harar section of the line would cost about 30,000,000 francs ; 2 ' they ...
... Jibuti , and to collect the 10 per cent duty stipulated in the Con- cession of 1894.1 Duparchy and Vigoroux estimated that the 300 kilometres of the Jibuti - Harar section of the line would cost about 30,000,000 francs ; 2 ' they ...
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... Jibuti - Addis Ababa Railway , Jibuti - Addis Ababa , 3 , 59 , 152 , 159 , 200-1 , 203 Railway concessions , 1894 , 152-3 , 201 , 203 , 210 ; 1908 , 204 ; see also Tripartite Treaty Railway conventions , 1897 , 201 ; 1902 , 202-3 ...
... Jibuti - Addis Ababa Railway , Jibuti - Addis Ababa , 3 , 59 , 152 , 159 , 200-1 , 203 Railway concessions , 1894 , 152-3 , 201 , 203 , 210 ; 1908 , 204 ; see also Tripartite Treaty Railway conventions , 1897 , 201 ; 1902 , 202-3 ...
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