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Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.' [‎13r] (26/156)

The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937. It was written in English. 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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at we ahull be In por^e as Ion of the promised informtl
ami able to imtruot them to proceed to K ode Ida and to
Ini'onr. them of the »te?r< which they should take when they
arrive there*
The two geologists in question are l«oneiear
J* B^unoieu and Jir* A* 1, a. Sutton# They are leaving
to-ir.orrow Tor Marseilles, *?here they will catch the P# & 0*
S#S# "Bejputana t1 , which will hrin : them to Aden on the
14th March# If the neeereary infors xtioa has been
received in tin; , and. it favourable, they will leave Aden
lor HodsIda on or about the 18th March*
We shall also probably inetruct another geologist
naneci **x • H. b* Pike, who has just co^pl^ ted a geological
reconriaiseance in the southern pixrt of our conceesion in
Saudi Arabia, to nwet B*uncle and Sutton Aden
on or ubs>ut the 14th March, in order th-.t he may acquaint
them with the geological ia.forma.tlun which he has been
able to gather durlug the trip which he ha® Juat completed,
and which will aselet them in their study of *eolo leal
condition® in the Yemen.
The headquarters of the party during their stay
in Aden will be the office of the An 1ranian Oil Co*
(India) htd*
I m enoloelng a copy of this letter in case you
may wish to send it to Sir Bernard He lly#
Tour;*:, etc.,
For PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS, LIMITED
(Sgd.) ,
Eor Managin Director.

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This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

The file's principal correspondents are the following: Bernard Rawdon Reilly as 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 Aden, and later, Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; Petroleum Concessions Limited; the Imam of Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office and the Admiralty.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (76 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 77; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.' [‎13r] (26/156), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2100, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100035847847.0x00001d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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