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'File 10/11 Collection of lighting dues from BAPCO and CASOC' [‎33r] (70/339)

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The record is made up of 1 file (164 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1945-15 Nov 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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Prom - 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.
To - political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bahrain.
No.C/581. v N \..' 1 '/
Dated the 4th of June, 1946. ( \
Reference correspondence ending with Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
printed Letter N0.449-S dated the 19th May, 1944.
2. On the 23rd of April the U.S. Navy tanker
"Cacapon" left Sitra, Bahrain, and at about 2 o f clock
on the 24th morning struck the shah Allam shoal. She
ran right over the shoal and did not stop until she was
in deep water on the other side by which time she had
ripped off a good deal of her bottom. She fortunately
was saved from sinking, and was eventually brought back
to Bahrain for repairs. I only heard of the accident
when the United States Consul, Dhahran, told me of it
on the 3rd June and suggested that he and I should co
operate and arrange for a temporary light to be placed
on the shoal. I was unable to agree to this, and said
that I would report the incident and suggest further
investigation of the need of a light on the shoal. The
matter will presumably be taken up through diplomatic
channels.
3. The accident has caused American oil interests
in Bahrain and Dhahran again to consider the need of a
light on the shoal and BAPCO and ARAMCO have addressed the
American Consul at Dhahran informing him that requests
have been repeatedly made for the establishment of a
light on Shah Allam shoal since 1936, and that for this
and that reason one has not been placed.
4. The fact that a naval vessel equipped with
the latest depth sounding devices fouls the shoal calls
for an investigation, but in addition to that because
of the great increase in the use of the port of Sitra
(Ras Tanura tankers are routed via Sitra where they pick
up and drop pilots) I suggest that the desirability of
placing a red light buoy on the shoal be very urgently
examined.
Sd./- A.C. GALLOWAY
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.
ATTESTED .
for Assistant 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.
NS.

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The file mainly contains correspondence between 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. at Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the lighting of Sitra Anchorage and its approaches.

The file includes 'Return of Oil Tankers which visit Bahrain' in 1945-46 (folios 40-41, 45-61; 65-70; 76-78) and maps of 'Proposed berthing Lines' (folio 4B) and 'Proposed rearrangement lighting of Sitra anchorage and its approaches' (folio 4C).

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-160).

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1 file (164 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (ff. 151-160). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The numbering starts at the front cover with 1, 1A ,1B; then 2, 3, 4A, 4B and 4C; 5-114; 115A and 115 and then it carries on until 161, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.

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