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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎149r] (313/592)

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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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Telegram XX
From H.M.•s 3eoretary of State for India,
London.
To 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 Bahrain.
Copy T oy Air Mail to Crovernment of India, Kew Delhi.
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Bated i4th { received 15th ) Nov amber 1933. , 1 a Jo^)
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My telegram of 14th November, 2812.)
BAHRAIN OIL.
Ballantyne has now officially confirmad
offer of undertaking ahout minimum royalty. He emphasis
ed that undertaking ia) is not to be treated as part
compensation ior extansion aau to be dealt with as
an agreed modification of form of leaiie; it)) will not
in any way affeot existing provisions in Mining Lease
about ^commercially explottaDla guantities'* save to
extent that payments at increased rate of xvs.30,000/-
will "begin at end of second year of fining Lease.
Shaikh's remedy if dissatisfied witu delay in declara
tion of commercially exploitable production would, as
at present, lie in appealing to arbitration.
2. In favour of acceptance of Uompany's revised
offer are facts that ia) shaikh unaer it will secure
what we understand is of importance to him - lump sum
down; ih) he will secure non-repayable .^3.60,000/-
ibeing difference over a three-year period between
Bfi. 10,000/- and xvs. 30,000/-) if declaration of commer
cial produotion is delayed for full period of five
years in addition to Hs.100,000/- already offered;
ioj extension will give more time and may produce
better/
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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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