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'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎57r] (126/682)

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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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the Bahrein petroleum Company Limited
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Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
July 5, 1943, ^
PA-266
His Britannic Majesty's 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. ,
Bahrain.
Attention: Capt, Dixon
Dear Sir,
We have a request from our Principals to, on all
future deliveries of Petroleum Products for account of the
British Admiralty, address original and one signed copy of
the Bunker Receipt to: ;
Director,
Navy Contracts,
and forward to the British Embassy, Bombay, with the request
that the Receipt is for despatch in Diplomatic Bag to London,
The address indicated above, i,e. British Embassy,
Bombay, annears to be incorrect, and we would therefore ap-
nreciate your advising us to whom tbese receipts should be
forwarded for despatch via diplomatic channels to London,
Yours very truly
W, P. ATTD^RSOr
Chief Local Representative
The Bahrein Petroleum Co,, Ltd,
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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.

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1 volume (339 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, 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.

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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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