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'File 10/1 (Vol III). Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎49r] (110/462)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1933-21 Aug 1933. 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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HDTK of o , biM»nratlouB upon th& petroleum Departmeat'e Memoraudua
oii tiie fom of mining lease# which forms the Third Schedule to
the Agreement of December Hud, 1925, between the Sheikh of
Bahrein and the Kastem and General Byadloste.
The aaeaameuta proposed in /irticles 1, 2, 5, & (first
sentence}# 10^1S» are of a teohnlcal uature, and can presumabJj
he putp as they stand# to the Bahrein Petroleum Company for
their consideration.
2, Articles 5 end 9. (page 2 of aeaorandumj
The proposal toask the Qompmiy to agree to sake an annual
payment of Kupces 30,000 at an earlier date thaa that provided
in the fom of lease may present certain difficulties. The
whole question of future payments will, however# have to toe
reviewed in the light of the latest proposals made toy the
Company, arid it seeae best to leave this matter for disoussion
at a later stage. \
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S- Article IS., (second .paragraphj.
The wording of this Article is certainly uot very clear.
The Petroleum Department would, perhaps, suggest a revised
wording which could toe automitted to the Company.
4. Article 8 i ,A l iecoi4 i aeiitfc i .ifie i ,tg the, ^.<U-
As in the case of the proposed smendmsnt of Article© and
9, these proposals also may present some difficulties, tout as
it Is UBderatood that payments of this nature would toe in
aaoordance with modern, practice, they might toe put to the
Company.
6. As regards the additional provisious proposed, h'oe.l, 2,
WOT «• im- im w <»* iiii.iiniiimi IMMI.i
3.,. 5 and 6 aeea to require no coament, «Uid these additions
migtit toe eutomitted to the Coapany.
6. ab regards i <o.7 > there has toesn further correapondenos
since the Air ministry wrote their letter of Uie i3th May, 1929;
the/

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The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams on the renewal of the Bahrain Oil Concession, exchanged 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. in 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. in Bushire, the Secretary of State in India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.

The volume also contains correspondence and notes of meetings on the aquisitition of oil rights over an additional area, including the territorial waters of the Bahrain Islands, with description of the area (folio 190). There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah and confidential correspondence regarding the employment of Major Holmes.

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 207-217).

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1 volume (223 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (ff. 207-217). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation starts on the file cover, in pencil in circled numbers, in the centre top of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The numbering starts with 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B; then it continues with 3-89, 90A, 90B; then 91-99; 99A, 99B and runs through to 217, which is the last number given. An additional inconsistent foliation system in the top right corner starts with 1 on f. 3.

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