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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎26v] (54/284)

The record is made up of 1 file (140 folios). It was created in 1932-Jul 1933. 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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C. 98035/32 [No. 79],
No. 35.
T he BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY, LIMITED, to COLONIAL OFFICE
[Answered by No. 39.J
S ir , 19, Moorgate, London, E .C.2, 18th August, 1932.
I am directed by this Company to refer to the interview accorded by Mr. J. E. W.
Flood to Mr. Lloyd N. Hamilton and myself on Friday last the 12th instant, and in
accordance with the suggestion then made by Mr. Flood, I have to record that you
gave us to understand the Shaikh of Bahrein has no objection to the extension to the
2nd of December, 1933, of the period covered by the prospecting licence granted by
him under date the 2nd of December, 1930, to this Company, and that His Majesty s
Government's approval has been formally communicated by cable to His Majesty s
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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the 6th of August, 1932.
It is now assumed by this Company that, in due course, the Shaikh of Bahrein
will, as a matter of form, communicate to this Company his consent above referred to.
I am, &c.,
H. R. BALLANTYNE.
0. 98035/32 [No. 80].
No. 36.
MR. H. R. BALLANTYNE (B ahrein P etroleum C ompany , L imited)
to
MR. J. E. W. FLOOD (C olonial O ffice).
[Answered hy Nos. 40 and 47.]
D ear S ir , 19, Moorgate, London, E.0.2, 18th August, 1932.
1 have to refer to your letter dated the 8th of August, 1932,t addressed to me
under reference relative to the revision of Clause IX of the Second Schedule of the
Company's Concession Agreement and the addition of certain provisions for measuring
and checking the amount of oil produced for the purpose of royalty assessment, and
to the discussion thereon between you, Mr. Lloyd N. Hamilton and myself on Friday
last, the 12th instant.*
1 am directed by this Company to inform you it is pleased to note there is no
objection on the part of His Majesty's Government to the revisions desired by this
Company for the removal of the existing ambiguity in the said Clause IX and to state
that, in principle, the addition of adequate provisions for the measuring and checking
of the amount of oil produced for the purpose of royalty assessment is acceptable to
this Company.
There are, however, certain modifications which it is desired, for the reasons
given to you at our said interview, to effect in the draft of the provisions accompany
ing your letter under reply, and I now forward a copy of your draft showing such
modifications in italics, deletions being shown thus [ ].
I have also to suggest that these new provisions concerning the measuring and
checking of oil produced for the purpose of royalty assessment should be added to
Clause VIII of the Third Schedule to this Company's Concession Agreement rather
than to Clause IX of the Second Schedule. It is thought that by this means the
possibility of ambiguity which might otherwise arise will be avoided. This should
not occasion any difficulty in connexion with the ascertainment of what, if any, royalty
is payable to the Shaikh of Bahrein under the provisions of the revised Clause IX of
the Second Schedule.
This Company will now be pleased to hear that the additional provisions for
measuring and checking oil produced for the purpose of royalty assessment, as modified
by this Company, and the foregoing suggestion as to their being added to Clause VIII
of the Third Schedule, are approved and that the matter will now be placed on an
official footing and that the British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. will be requested
without delay, to advise the Shaikh of Bahrein to conclude the necessary Supplemental
* Sec enclosure 1 in No. 34.
t No. 33.

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This file contains copies correspondence regarding the granting of oil concessions in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The correspondence is a mixture of internal correspondence between British officials (from the 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. , Colonial Office, Foreign Office and the Petroleum Department) and correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain and representatives from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

The file is divided up as follows:

Bahrein [Bahrain]

1. Indenture between Shaikh of Bahrein and the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, dated 12th June, 1930. Conditions governing assignment of Concession to Bahrein Petroleum Company.

2. Eastern and General Syndicate's application for a further Concession in Bahrein.

3. Landing Grounds and Seaplane Station.

4. Areas covered by Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.

5. Employment of British Subjects by the Bahrein Petroleum Company.

6. Extension of Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.

7. Chief Local Representative of the Bahrein Petroleum Company

Kuwait

1. Applications of the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for an Oil Concession.

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1 file (140 folios)
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The file is divided up into two thematic sections. The correspondence within these sections is arranged chronologically. A table of contents is contained on folios 2-13

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Condition: A printed pamphlet with bound pages.

Foliation: the foliation sequence is written in pencil, circled, and is 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.

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