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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [63r] (137/592)
The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1933-26 Nov 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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in the mining lease at the time and had desisted from doing
so only because K .M .G. had suggested that all mining lease
amendments could "best be dealt with together. Difficulty
need not therefore probably be anticipated in connection
with this amendment, which it was agreed should be put to
the Company.
Article 10.
■ Proposed amendment.
17. At end of Article add "If the operations for
winning crude oil shall be abandoned or discontinued for
12 months (except on account of force majeure or the causes
specified in Article V) the Shaikh may thereupon give the
Lessees notice in writing of such abandonment or
discontinuance and call upon them to resume operations, and
in the event of such operations not being resumed to the
satisfaction of the Sh ikh within two calendar months from
the date of such notice, the Shaikh may thereupon cancel
and determine this Lease."
18. It was pointed out that here again the effect
of the amendment proposed by the Petroleum Department would
be further to pin down the Company and that some difficulty
might therefore be expected with them in connection with it.
It was however agreed that it should be put to them. The
customary and was
amendment was/not in itself unreasonable, though the
Company might of course not unnaturally prefer to retain
its present freedom of action.
Article 12.
Proposed amendment.
19. At end of this Article add "The Lessees undertake
at all times during the continuance of this Lease to carry
on all operations for winning and working crude oil and
natural gas in a skilful and woriananlike manner in accordance
with modern approved methods and to maintain all productive
wells in good repair, working order and condition. The
Lessees undertake that when any well is being drilled adeqiste
means shall be taken to prevent any uncontrolled flow of cdl".
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The volume mainly contains 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. at 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. at Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the affairs of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The volume also contains correspondence on the resignation of Major Frank Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, who was replaced by E. A. Skinner. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (294 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in ink crayon or pencil, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts at the first page of writing, then 69, 70a, 70b, and carries on until 282, which is the last number given on the last page of writing (6th folio from the back of the volume). There is also another foliation system, which is inconsistent.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/392
- Title
- 'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:v-v, 1r:8v, 11r:12v, 14r:23v, 25r:30v, 32r:45v, 47r:49v, 52r:53v, 55r:69v, 70ar:70bv, 71r:73v, 75r:88v, 90r:98v, 102r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:106v, 108r:114v, 116r:119v, 122r:122v, 125r:127v, 128v, 128r, 129r:132v, 135r:135v, 138r:139v, 142r:144v, 148r:179v, 183r:189v, 192r:202v, 204r:204v, 207v:211v, 213r:270v, 272r:286v, vi-r:vi-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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- Open Government Licence