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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎27r] (55/284)

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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Agreement with the Company. Upon hearing from you that this is so, I will have
the draft of such Supplemental Agreement put in hand immediately and forwarded
for approval to you, or as you may direct.
Inasmuch as you have assured us that the proposed revision of Clause IX of the
Second Schedule has been approved and is not conditional upon the acceptance by
this Company of the proposed provisions for measuring and checking oil and seeing
that the Company are in agreement, in principle, with the necessity for making pro
vision for the measuring and checking of oil produced for the purpose of royalty
assessment and seeing also that some time must necessarily elapse before the Supple
mental Agreement giving effect to all necessary modifications to the Concession Agree
ment is formally completed, this Company rests assured that His Majesty's Govern
ment will now inform the Shaikh of Bahrein of its approval, if it has not alreadv
done so.
I am, &c.,
H. E. BALL ANT YNE.
Enclosure in No. 36
S uggested P rovisions for M easuring C rude O il W on.
(1)
Measurement of Production.
bor the purposes of such royalty payments the Company shall measure, [in]
y a method [approved from time to time hy the Shaikh or his authorized representa-
twe approval shall not be unreasonably withheld)] customarily used in good
oi -field practice all crude oil won and saved, and [the duly authorized, representative
of\ the Shaikh hy his representative duly approved hy 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. of the
ersian (yidf shall have the right [(i)] to examine such measuring; [(^)] and to
examine and test whatever [the] appliances may be used for such measuring. If,
upon such examination or testing, any such appliance shall be found to be out o£
order, the Shaikh [or hi? representative] may require that the same be put in order
by, and at the expense of, the Company, and if such requisition be not complied with
m a reasonable time the Shaikh [or his representative] mav cause the said appliance
to be put m order, and may recover the expense of so doing from the Company, and
it upon such examination as aforesaid any error shall be discovered in any such
app lance such error shall, if the Shaikh [or his representative] so decide after
hearing the Company's explanation, be considered to have existed for three calendar
months previous to the discover}- thereof, or from the last occasion of examining
the same m case such occasion shall be within such period of three calendar months
and the royalty shall be adjusted accordingly. If the Company desire to alter anv
measuring appliance it shall give reasonable notice to the Shaikh or his representative
to enable a representative of the Shaikh to be present during such alteration.
Production Accounts.
The Company shall keep full and correct accounts of all crude oil measured as
aforesaid and the [duly authorized] mid representative of the Shaikh shall have
access at all reasonable times to the books of the Company containing such accounts,
and shall be at liberty to make extracts therefrom, and the Company shall, at its own
expense withm three calendar months after the end of each calendar y^ar, deliver
of rovalt dte'lo ** T* year anti a statement «ie amount
of royalty due to the Shaikh for such year. Such accounts shall be treated as con-
fiden .al bv the Shaikh with the exception of such figures therein as lie mav U uTit
necessnnf] he required hy law to publish.
G. 98035/82 [No. 81],
No. 37.
T he BAHEEIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED to COLONIAL OFFICE.
[Answered by Nos. 38 and 48.1
Oyp
t j' • 19 ' Moor g a te, London, E.C .2, 23rd August 1932
Office on ^da^^ KS
* See enclosure 1 in No. 34.

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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)
Arrangement

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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