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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎99r] (211/592)

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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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After compliments.
With referenc
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which is very impc
we require informj
the oil concessioi
financial profit \
small amount of Ks
until the Company
found oil in comme
quantities. Thei
a Royalty of us 2>/i
^rent of Ks 30,000/-
2. We ask i
exploitable quanti
have now drilled i
well they found/oj
that the oil whin!
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Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah.
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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*
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After compliments. P,3tf f' & * ^
With reference to our letter written
today regarding the application of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company for an exten
sion of the Exploration License, we inform
Your Excellency that there is one matter
which is very important to us and on which
we require information. According to
the oil concession we do not receive any
financial profit from the oil, except the
small amount of Ks 10,000/- per annum,
until the Company declare that they have
found oil in commercially exploitable
quantities. Then they pay to us
a Royalty of its 3/8 per ton or a fixed
^rent of Ks 30,000/- per annum.
2. We ask what is commercially
exploitable quantities. The Company
have now drilled three wells and in each
well they found/oil. It is possible
that the oil which the Company has now
found is a commercially exploitable
quantity. Perhaps we might consider that
the oil which they have found is a com-
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request that the British Government will
give us a definition of rt commercially
exploitable quantity" : we enquire how

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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)
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.

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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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