"امتياز النفط القطري والوثائق ذات الصلة [امتياز النفط الذي منحه شيخ قطر إلى شركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية، بتاريخ ١٧ مايو ١٩٣٥]" [ظ‎‎٢] (١٠/٤)

to His Excellency the Shaikh the following payments during the period of this
Agreement, namely :—
(a) On signature . - - - Four Lakhs of Rupees.
(6) At the end of each year of the first five
years from the date of signature - One and a half Lakhs of Rupees.
(Rs. 4,00,000.)
a half Lakhs (
(Rs. 1,50,000.)
(c) At the end of the sixth year from the
date of signature and at the end of
every year which follows it until the
end of the concession - - - Three Lakhs of Rupees.
(Rs. 3,00,000.)
(cZ) When the Company wins oil and saves it
into storage it shall pay royalty on the
Substances, in accordance with the
description of Article First, as follows:—
(1) On all the Substances which it
has won and saved into storage, except
asphalt, ozokerite and natural gas
per ton (2,240 English pounds) at
the rate of - - - - Three Rupees.
(Rs. 3.)
(2) On asphalt and ozokerite won
and saved into storage per ton (2,240
English pounds) at the rate of - One Rupee Eight Annas.
(Re. 1 as. 8.)
(3) On natural gas produced and
sold per 1,000 cubic feet at the
rate of - - Two Annas.
(As. 2.)
But the Company shall not pay royalty on any of the Substances used within the
State of Qatr by the Company or its employees.
Article Fifth. —The Company will measure all liquid matters, at the time
of their extraction from w^ells, either by dipping reservoirs, or by means of
measuring instruments, and measure solid substances by weighing; and it should
supply the Shaikh with a copy of the register if His Excellency so demand. Like
wise, the Company shall submit to His Excellency the Shaikh an account of the
Substances extracted by it for every six months and the authorized agent of the
Shaikh shall have the right of inspection thereof at all reasonable times.
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Article Sixth. —The Company may constmci, maintain and operate roads and
telegraph and telephone installations and their lines and wireless stations, railways,
refineries and the ordinary ports situated at Dohah for importing its materials, and
pipe-lines and pumping stations, workshops, houses and other things and works
which are useful for it, as required for the purposes of its operations, and also the
accommodations required for its employees, but excepting the places occupied by the
enterprise of their owners, or those which it will be difficult for their owners to part
with ; and these are exempted. And the Company has the right to choose the port
which may be suitable for exporting its substances; and it will likewise have the
right to use all the means of" transport required for its operations in accordance with
this Agreement, excepting aerial transport, which, on every occasion arising for it,
the Company must obtain the Shaikh's permission and consent thereto. And His
Excellency the Shaikh shall have the full right to use those roads, the electric
(telegraph) lines, the wireless installations, telephones, and railways for his personal
business and for governmental purposes, in case of need free of charge ; and the
Shaikh shall have the right, also, to use all the ports used and constructed by the
Company and the Company undertakes to afford His Excellency the Shaikh all
facilities in this respect.
Article Seventh. —The Shaikh grants to the Company the use and occupation of
uncultivated lands belonging to the Shaikh himself and which the Company may
require for its operations, free, after an understanding is arrived at between the