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'File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil' [‎133r] (288/486)

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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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appurtenances constructed by the Company shall "be for its
exclusive use.
Article 6.
(A) The Company shall maintain in the region
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. a Chief Local representative to represent
it in matters relating to this Agreement with the Shaikh.
(B) .The Shaikh shall have the ri^ht to
appoint, in consultation with the Company a suitable person to
act as his official representative. The salary of the
representative shall not exceed Rupee s a month and shall
I "be paid by the Company to the Shaikh.
| Article 7 .
The Company shall have the right to import water,
petroleum, fuel, machinery, motor cars and lorries, equipment,
plant, timber, utensils, iron work, building materials, food
supplies, medicines, medical supplies, office equipment and
household furniture, and all other materials, equipment and goods
|of whatsoever nature required by the Company and its employees
for the purposes of its operations hereunder but not for resale
: to others, and to export its petroleum and articlespreviously
imported by the Company free of customs or import or export duty
i and taxes or other charges, but it shall pay on all personal
[.goods, clothing and general merchandise imported by the Company
lior tiie personal use of its employees or for resale to them,
the ordinary duty in force for the time being in the State of
Kuwait. Saving as in Article 3 and in this Article provided,
the Company, its operations, income, profits and property
including petroleum shall be exempt and free during the
Period of this Agreement from all present or future harbour
duti es, import duties, export duties, taxes, imposts and charges
of any kind whether state or local, tolls, and land surface
of whatever nature; and in consideration thereof the

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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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