"الملف 82/1 III (‏ F 64) تراخيص التنقيب للكويت والبحرين ونجد والساحل المتصالح وعمان" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎١] (٦٥١/٥٥٦)

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Sultan's) rule" mm the admission ty all, the Sultan
included, that he could not guarantee to the Company
safety to prospect and later undertake drilling work
throughout the whole of hi« domain. Therefore to call
upon us to choose specific areas in due course would mean
that we could not do so with assurance of being ahle to
carry on our operation« in any one of these. The Sultan
had been the first to recognise this and had himself
asked that there should be no limitation of area but that
an additional provision should be accepted by us J0 limiting
his responsibility within a certain section of Oman, over
which he has tjot effective control. This we have already
expressed our willingness to accept, and Mr. Amery and Sir
John Shuckburgh gave me to understand that they consider
our representations in this direction merit favourable
consideration#
Limitation of -period of exemption from Customs duty .
I explained that our agreements against any limitation of
area could be followed in this second issue also #
The Company would be forking - or endeavouring to
work - in districts largely uncontrolled by the nominal ruler.
It may be anticipated that only by local arrangements with
semi-independent Shaikhs should we be able to carry forward
with any degree of continuity our work of exploration
prospecting and, later "Mining": it is only by such agree-