'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [290r] (592/640)
The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 19 Oct 1935-14 Aug 1936. 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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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.
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WHITEHALL, S.W.I.
14th August 1936.
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As you know, His Majesty's 3overnment have always
been particularly anxious that, in accordance with the
provisions of Article XVII of the Bahrein Petroleum Companys
lease, the maximum possible number of British Subjects
should be employed by the Company in Bahrein. The
periodic returns submitted by the Company are kept under
scrutiny, and it was noted with satisfaction that the
proportion of employees in Class I Improved, between
January j.934 and Cctober 1935, from Americans 20 - British
8 to Americans 21 - British 15. Thus although the
majority of Class I posts were still held by American
citizens, the proportion of British Subjects appeared to
be gradually increasing, and the position was therefore
not too unsatisfactory from the point of view of His
Majesty's Government.
Since then the construction of the Refinery has of
coarse resulted in the temporary employment of about an
equal number (according to the statement of 1st April 1936)
of/
H.R.Ballantyne, Esq.,
11, Birchln Lane,
E.G.3.
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- Content
The volume 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. in 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. in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the pipe line to be built between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and on the unallotted area in Bahrain.
The volume includes:
- newspaper cuttings on the development of the oil industry in Bahrain;
- draft supplemental deed to modify the mining lease (three copies on ff. 50-54; 62-66;168-172);
- abstract of accounts and statement of royalty for the second semester of 1935 (f. 126);
- supplemental deed to modify the mining lease between BAPCO and the Sheikh of Bahrain, with seal of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 180-183).
- refinery delivery tickets;
- newspaper extract on the merger between Texas Corporation and Standard Oil of California to market Bahrain oil products (ff. 228-230).
There are maps within the volume:
- blueprint map of 'PROPOSED RESERVATION OF 80 FT. WIDE STRIP OF LAND FROM REFINERY TO SITRAH.' (f. 69);
- blueprint map with handwritten notes of 'PROPOSED RESERVATION FOR REFINERY, WATER WELLS AND LINES TO SITRA' (f. 88);
- 'GENERAL MAP, BAHRAIN ISLAND, PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (f. 145A);
- 'Map of the Near and Middle East Showing the Intense Development in Progress' from 'PETROLEUM TIMES', 22 February 1936 (f. 151).
There are letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah.
There are notes at the end of the volume (ff. 292-310).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (318 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mainly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 292-310). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is in pencil in top right corner. The numbering starts on first page with writing (4th folio in volume) with 1a,1b; then 2-72; 73A,73B; 74-87; 88, 88A; 102A,102B; 103-190; 191-196 are missing or skipped; and then it carries on until 310, which is the last number given on the last page of writing (4 blank pages at the end of the volume). An additional foliation sequence, since crossed out, starts with 52 on folio 231.
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1ar:1av, 1dr:1dv, 2r:2v, 4v, 5v:6v, 7v, 8v, 9v:14v, 17v:18v, 19v, 20v, 21v:29v, 30v:33v, 34v, 35v, 36v, 37v:44v, 45v, 46v, 47v, 48v:49v, 51v, 54v:61v, 63v, 67v, 68v, 69v:72v, 73ar:73bv, 74r:79v, 80v:84v, 87v, 88av, 88r:93v, 94v, 95v, 96v:98v, 100v:101v, 102ar:102bv, 103r:108v, 110v, 115v:121v, 122v:124v, 126v:131v, 132v:134v, 135v, 137v, 144v, 145v, 145ar:145av, 146r:149v, 152v:155v, 156v:161v, 162v, 163v:164v, 165v:166v, 167v:168v, 172v:174v, 175v:177v, 178v:186v, 187v, 188v:190v, 197v:208v, 209v:210v, 211v, 212ar:212av, 213r:216v, 221v:224v, 227v, 230v:239v, 240v, 241v:242r, 243r:243v, 255v:263v, 265v:267v, 270v:271v, 272v, 279v:310v, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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