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'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [46r] (104/682)
The record is made up of 1 volume (339 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1942-18 Jan 1944. 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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-S- 25th April, 1942.
FA-526,
«nliowalka« and the government, W Land Department
Vn 775/81; dated SBth September, 1941, have definea the
channel and undertaken to keep It " 0 1749-lo a"tsd
the future, In aooordance with your letter so. 1/43-20 dsuea
7th September, 1941; In view of which the company is now
Leoared to relinquish the alternata channel indicated bj
markers m. 9 and 10, thus permitting trap Ro.lII - Barriah
to remain in place.
*T»he company is agreeable to the foregoing oil the
distinct understanding that the original channel will be
Sent free of fish traps in the future, and that the ,,o .pan,
will not recognise any clai.as whatsoever what J- ^rap
Jinere W "e>e - itb aspect to their catches being a^eraely
affected by marine craft using this ohannel. route, ulie
boundaries'of which are defined by narkers a^. follows:-
southern boundary: Mos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, o &. 7
northern boundary: H ob , 8, 11, IB, 13, 14 and 15♦
The Company will be very grateful if ycu >111
confirm that their understanding is correct and your
agreement that the proposition as expressed above in
satisfactorye
In this connection, during an inspection of the
channel on the morning of the 14th April, 1942 it vas
that traps hob. tXXZX and xxtt, xhich were Ibuilt e^rly last
year and later disappeared, have been rebuilt. xaeee
traDS are well clear of the marked channel, but are within
the area over which the company was granted priority anchorage
rights, as Indicatea by 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.
's letter Wo.
g /745-10/1 dated 19th November, 1939 in reference to
government Reservation GR-llA. To the best of our Imow-
lodge the initiel iaetallation of ^cse trape v ; «f rnade 8 .ter
priority anchorage rights wore grented the company. If t^.e
owners obtained coTornment permission to build an^ rebuiia
these traps, the company has no objection to theii re .ialnlng
in their present locations since they ao not obf-.ruct trwf-lo.
Likewise the Company has no objection to the in^tallatio
of other traps in the area provided th® owners o.ueln ; our
nersiission and that of the company (which will not be
unreasonably withheld) before doing so ana that the/ *11^
be required to re.-ove them without oompeaeation for 1° 8S
If the area or location is subsequently requirec by one
Company in its operations and that the Coap any will not
be responsible for alleged adverse affect on their catches
by the exercise of rights granted the vompany. However,
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- Content
The volume 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. 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 Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the protection of oil fields in Bahrain from sabotage and bombing and on the decrease of the oil production during the World War Two. It contains monthly details on shipment of oil from Bahrain and on petroleum products exports, and semestral abstracts of accounts and statement on royalties for the period 1942-1943.
There are maps and drawings by BAPCO:
- 'A reservation for an overhead salt water line for refinery use' (f. 186);
- map of 'Location of Fish Traps south of Sitra Island' (f. 187);
- drawing of 'Proposed Causeway & Materials Pier Sitra' (f. 288).
There is an index with notes at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (339 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red ink, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation starts on the first page with writing (4th folio in volume) with number 2. The numbering is in pencil, encircled, in top centre of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ; the sequence starts with 2-24; then 25A,25B; 26-219; 220, 220A-220J and ends on 322, which is the last number given, on the last page of writing.
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- IOR/R/15/2/405
- Title
- 'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 33r, 45r:47r, 119r, 163r
- Author
- Anderson, Ward P
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