Coll 30/174(2) 'Bahrain Oil: Monthly returns of royalties.'

Content

The file contains copies of royalty delivery tickets (statistical forms, giving totals of bulk crude oil deliveries to refinery), and marine receipt tickets (giving totals of crude oil received from Ras Tanura), issued by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), together with summaries of oil deliveries upon which gross royalty was accrued, for the months of January to December 1939 inclusive. The forms are witnessed by the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain. The file also contains covering letters from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, forwarding the forms to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (563 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 565; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3912

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/174/2

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Jan 1939-6 Mar 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

RoyaltiesOil

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum Company

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Coll 30/174(2) 'Bahrain Oil: Monthly returns of royalties.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3912, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001e2> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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