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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [258r] (531/592)
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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t447a933. pstholajm dipahtmiajt,
(MINiCS DSPAKTMENT),
DSAtl 3TAI4LiS5f STESSI',
MILLBANK, S.W.I.
1 Ifith Novarnbor, 1933.
Dear Lalthwalta,
With referanco to Fowle's tolsgram of 16th
Novaribar (X.106) tha basis oX ixticlas IX and X la that
at soma period not more than five yaare after tha grant of
the mining lease the Company is required to make a
declaration that oil has been fftium in "coramarclally
exploitable Quantities''. Nothing is said about ability
to dispose of the oil. As the draft lease stands the
declaration determines the time when the minimum payment
to be made by the Company shall be increased from Rs.10,000
to Hs.30,000 and this pranuraably is the main reason for the
provision.
There is no apaciflc provision that having made the
declaration the Company shfJLl produce oil on a coranercial
scale. It is conceivable that an Arbitrator asked to
consider this question might read into the first two lines
of Article X. that when the declaration has been made the
Company can reasonable be expected to start and to continue
commercial production. What should constitute cocnercial
production it would be difficult to say. Apart from the
question of the general state of the world demand for oil,
which Colonel Fowl a raises, the question of how and share
the oil could be disposed of would arise. The Conpany might
claim that they must ship the crude oil as there is no
eubstantial local market and it would not pay then to erect
a refinery. i-'or this they would have to make suitable
shipping facilities. Or they mi ^it state that the only
practicable method would be to build a refinery and to sell
the refined products. To build a refinery would require
time and the Company might argue that it would not pay
them
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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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- 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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