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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎28r] (57/284)

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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0,98085/32 [No. 84].
No. 40.
MR. J. E. W. FLOOD (C olonial O ffice)
to
MR. H. R. BALLANTYNE (B ahrein P etroleum C ompany, L imited).
[Answered hy No. 44.]
D ear M r. B allantyne , Downing Street, 30th August, 1932.
W ith reference to your letter of the 18th of August, # we are consulting the
other Departments of State with regard to the revision of Clause IX of the second
Schedule and the provisions required for measuring and checking the amount of oil.
It seems to me that something will have to be added to the second Schedule anyhow.
Under Clause IX as it stands you are bound to apply for a mining lease in respect of
each area (what the " area " means is nowhere stated) as soon as 100 tons of oil has
been got out of a single borehole. If the area is over the whole territory of Bahrein
then your operations would be seriously handicapped by strict insistence on the Clause
as it stands. The provisions for measurement might very well, as you suggest, be put
into the mining lease, but it would surely be best to amend Clause IX so as to make it
run something like " the right to win up to 100 tons of oil free of payment, and
further quantities of oil on payment of the royalty per ton provided for in Article VIII
of the mining lease and calculated in the manner laid down in that Article." You will
be hearing from us officially on the subject, but I think it best to send you this semi
official acknowledgment of your letter.
Yours, &c.,
J. E. W. FLOOD.
O 98035/82 [No. 85].
No. 41.
COLONIAL OFFICE to PETROLEUM DEPARTMENT.
[Answered hy No. 46.]
S ir , Downing Street, 30th August, 1932.
W ith reference to your letter of the 20th of June,t and previous correspon
dence concerning the Bahrein Oil Concession, I am directed to transmit to you, to be
laid before the Secretary for Mines, the enclosed copy of an official letter| from the
Bahrein Petroleum Company in which they suggest that the extension of one year
already agreed to in respect of their prospecting licence should be extended for a
further year, i.e., to the 2nd of December, 1934.
2. As was explained in the despatch from 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 the Persian
Gulf of the 16th of May, § the Shaikh of Bahrein was only willing to grant an extension
for one year, but if it appears to the Secretary for Mines that an extension of two years
is in fact reasonable, then it would seem inadvisable to attempt to restrict the extension
to the one year already agreed upon. In that event, and subject to the concurrence of
the other interested Departments, it is proposed to inform the Resident that if the
Company should apply for a further extension His Majesty's Government have no
objection to the Shaikh agreeing to it, and the Company would be informed accordingly
and instructed to submit their application to the Shaikh through their local repre
sentative.
3. Copies of this letter are being sent to the Foreign Office, 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. , and
Admiralty.
I am, &c.,
J. E. W. FLOOD.
* No. 36.

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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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