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'File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil' [‎22r] (60/486)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (242 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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i addition to the payments provided for
i article (3) pay to the Shaikh on each
nniversary of the date of signature of this
agreement annas per ton
[ petroleum on which royalty is payable.
Article 8. — ( A ) The Company
lall have the right to purchase at current
larket rates fuel, water, food, building and
anstructional materials and other supplies
f every kind in connection with its oper-
tions hereunder.
(B) The Company shall employ subjects
f the Shaikk as far as possible for
11 work for which they are suited under
le supervision of the Company's skilled
mployees, but if the local supply of labour
hould in the judgment of the Company
e inadequate or unsuitable the Company
lall have the right to import labour. The
!ompany shall also have the right to
nport skilled and technical employees,
he Company shall pay to the workmen
employs a fair wage, such wage to be
ecided and stated by the Company at the
me the workmen are engaged.
(C) The Company shall provide free
f charge medical service for its employees^
id the Shaikh and his family shall
ave the right to such medical service
nd necessary medical supplies free of
liarge.
Article 9. — The Shaikh grants
) the Company free of cost the
nrestricted use and occupation of and
urface rights over all uncultivated land
elonging to the Shaikh which the
ompany may need for the purposes of
s operations and in particular the Company
tiall have the right 10 select in consult-
tion with the Shaikh an area or areas
f land chosen by the Company outside
le present town wall of Kuwait with
sclusive surface rights upon which to
rect oil refineries, storage, terminal and
[lipping facilities and any other works
iquired for the Company's operations;
nd the Company may buy or lease for
ach purposes any lands, houses or
uildings with the Consent of and
n conditions to be arranged
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Content

The correspondence in the volume relates to three main areas of discussion:

The volume also contains file notes (folios 220-225) which list each individual item of correspondence received and its date.

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1 volume (242 folios)
Arrangement

The contents of this volume have been arranged in chronological order.

At the back of the file are several folios of file notes (folios 220-225) which list each item of correspondence in the volume, with dates, and provides folio numbers (described as page numbers in the notes) in the margin to enable them to be used as an index.

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Foliation: The volume is foliated with pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence runs from front to back covers. There is an earlier foliation sequence which uses uncircled numbers in the top right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and runs intermittently from folios 2-30. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1A-1E, 16A, 27A, 56A, 57A, 128A, 186A. Folios 83 and 84 are fold-outs.

Watermark: The watermark EllamS can be found on folios 60 to 65.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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