'File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession' [65r] (141/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1934-25 Oct 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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4 ° i!4n.Linufn royalty, in your letter of 15th February
pxr..- 19.34, P.D.21 part 7, you suggested the possibility of
j/^x minlmuiH annual payments on the basis of, say, Rs.30,000
for the first two years, Rs.60,000 for the next three
years, ana Rs.100,000 thereafter. As the record of
various conversations will have shown, this has been
consistently pressed on the Company, ihe offer now put
forward by Ballantyne falls snort of that figure. But I
am on the whole disposea to think that it is not a bad
one. it represents at its maximum more than double the
existing minimum royalty of Ss. 30,000, and in the interim
an increase of Rs.20,000 per annum on that minimum royalty.
While a maximum figure of 1
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
would have safeguarded the
Sheikh more effectively, I am on the whole disposed to
think that subject to any comments the Gulf may have to
offer we should agree to Ballantyne's present figure
v .itn the moaification that the rate of Rs.75,000 should
commence from the fifth year. Here, as in tne case of
local refining, we are in a position of real difficulty,
because we have very little l^erage on the Company, we
are, it is true, making certain concessions to them, and
in particular as regards Article XI of the revised Mining
Lease/
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The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and correspondence and telegrams 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 Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the draft Mining Lease contract between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah and BAPCO (draft on folios 161-168).
There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh. There is a map showing 'Selection by The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited under Concession dated December 2nd 1925' (folio 225A). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume.
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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled from folio 223-240. The numbering starts on the first page of writing and continues until 42; 42A; then 43-108; 109A and 109B; then 110-225; 225A and 225B and carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the last page of writing. Some folios are marked as confidential.
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:4v, 5v:24v, 25v:26v, 27v:33v, 36v:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:71v, 72v:73v, 74v:75v, 76v:80v, 81v:101v, 103v:107v, 108v, 109ar:109bv, 110r:113v, 114v:131v, 134v:140v, 141v:156v, 169r:188v, 189v:200v, 202v:203v, 207v:208v, 211r:211v, 212v:213v, 214v:215v, 216v:221v, 223av, 224r:230v, 231v:248v, v-r:viii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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