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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎88r] (189/592)

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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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On the Srd November 1933 Mr.SKINNER callea by
arrangement and discussed the question of the extension
of the Prospecting License: and asked me to do what I
coula to get an answer irom the SHAIKH as soon as possible.
2. He considered that the Company were making a good
oiler ior this thirteen months 1 extension,because,he said,
they were certain that the balance of the area
aiter they had taken their 100,000 acres would be pretty
well valueless and he did not think the Company would make
any higher offer. / ^ c+wic* IL**- lr
fe aslTea wnel ^nerlt^^^ssTole fI t^ / rriTe^t^ome
arrangement whereby one could in verbal discussion arrive
at a settlement of some sort agreeable to all parties
before the matter was put into writing and ne particularly
emphasised that matters siiould be initiated in Bahrain#
I said that I thought that tne intention was that matters
should be initiated in Bahrain and that the only reason
tor London taking action direct between the Company and
the 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. was due to the trouble over Major HOLMES.
I said that the diiiiculty about coming to a verbal
agreement tirst was that I had to put any offer that the
Company made to the SHAIKH,who was obliged to obtain the
advice of His Majesty's Government,technical or otherwise,
beiore coming to a final decision,and it was hardly possible
in the circumstances to do things by word of mouth. He
appreciated that the 13 months' arrangement is a kind of
face saving right round, but lie said that tne Company still
regarded themselves as f entitled' to the further extension.
I said that I would do what I could to get an early
answer.
llJ
4-11-1933.
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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).

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1 volume (294 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 (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.

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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
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