'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎55r] (122/682)

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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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English in Latin script

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