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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎250r] (515/592)

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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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concessitn, "but; had oifsred to pay the Hs.30,000 royalty
as irtm the end tf the second year of the mining lease.
Mr. skinner would presunBhly hy now have so informed the
Sheikh, hut we had no information as to what the .Sheikh's
reaction to this modification of the terms might he. a
telegram which hud since heen received, however, haa
made it clear to us that the question of commercial
aeiinition was one to which he might attach great
importance and that it would not he altogether disposed
oi uy a modification in respect of royalties. So far as
I coula understand without a technical knowledge of these
matters, the Sheikh was disturbed because of the absence
in the mining lease of any clauses governing the date of
the declaration of commercial productivity, ana was no
doubt disturbed lest the Company should postpone the
declaration for a considerable period of time to his
detriment. I understood that it was usual in oil
concessions such as the present to cover this point,
either by provision for a testTor by the provision of a
dead rent so heavy as to make it in the Company's
interest to declare commercial production at an early
date. The iwining Lease contained at present no reference
to a test, while Mr. Ballantyne would agree that the dead
rent of ^s.30,000 was far too low to make a delay in the
declaration of commercial production of much concern to
the Company. The Sheikh's interest in the question of
definition was therefore not unnatural.
5. Mr. Ballantyne said that discussion of the
amendment of the mining lease to meet the Sheikh's
difficulty as regards definition might lead us down a
path
lengthy and difficult/and would certainly take time,
/" He/

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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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