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purchase at current market rates fuel and food and other supplies of e ^® r y ^ or
its operations hereunder and the Company shall employ subjects or the o ai as ar
rts possible for all work for which they are suited under the supervision ot the Company s
skilled employees.
Article 9. Tne Shaikh grants to the Company free of cost the free use and occu
pation of all land belonging to the Shaikh which the Company may need for the puiposes
of its operations hereunder; it is furthermore agreed between the Shaikh and the
Company that the Company may buy or lease for such purposes by agreement with the
proprietors any lands, houses or buildings on conditions to be arranged with such
proprietors, but at rates not in excess of those ordinarily current in their respective
localities.
On the termination of this Agreement all lands granted by the Shaikh and any
lands or buildings which the Company may have bought and any houses or buildings
constructed by the Company within the territories of the Shaikh shall be handed over
to the Shaikh free of cost.
Article 10. All lands granted by the Shaikh to the Company and all lands, houses
and buildings acquired by the Company, all petroleum produced as well as any profits
therefrom and all machinery, materials, equipment and goods imported or subsequently
exported shall be free of all taxes and duties or payments to the Shaikh during the
period of this Agreement.
Article 11.—Throughout the period of this Agreement the Shaikh shall give to
the Company and all its employees all protection in his power from theft, highway
robbery, assault, wilful damage and destruction, but the Company in consultation with
the Shaikh shall appoint and itself pay permanent trustworthy guards under a reliable
man of good standing and these guards shall protect the property of the Company and
its employees at all times.
If in spite of the efforts of the said guards thefts should occur the Shaikh under
takes to take all reasonable measures to recover the property stolen and to compensate
the Company for any damage sustained in his territory. In the event of non-recovery
of the stolen property, except for reasons beyond the control of the Shaikh, the value
thereof shall be deducted by the Company from any payments due from time to time
by the Company to the Shaikh.
In the case of serious offences the said guards are subject to dismissal or stoppage
of pay by the Company. In the event of any heavier punishment being needed, the
offender shall be handed over to the representative of the Shaikh, and the Shaikh
undertakes that punishment shall be inflicted and that he will use his utmost endeavours
to uphold the authority of the Company.
Article 12. If the Company shall fail to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement or shall fail within six months after any anniversary of this Agreement to
pay to the Shaikh the annual payments due or the royalties which may have become
due the Shaikh acting on the advice of the Political Eesident shall have the power to
terminate this Agreement and all the property of the Company then in Kuwait territory
for the purposes of this Agreement shall then, but on no other grounds, become the
property of the Shaikh without payment. In the event of the Company failing to make
the declaration provided in Article 5 on or before the , 1941, the Shaikh
shall have the power to call upon the Company either to make the declaration forthwith
or to surrender all rights under this Agreement, which shall then terminate.
Article 13. With the approval of the Shaikh acting on the advice of the Political
Eesident the Company may transfer the obligations and benefits of this Agreement to
any British Company.
Article 14. The Company shall have the right at any time after the completion
of drilling mentioned in Article 3 to give the Shaikh one year's notice in advance to
terminate this Agreement and the Company shall on expirv of such notice have no
further liabilities hereunder after making due payment of all monies due to the Shaikh
up to the date of termination.
Article 15. In the event of there arising between the Shaikh and the Company any
dispute oi difference in respect of the interpretation of this Agreement or the rights
oi responsibilities of the Shaikh or of the Company therefrom resulting, such dispute
oi difference shall be submitted to two arbitrators, one of whom shall be named by
the Shaikh and one by the Company and to an umpire who shall be appointed bv the
arbitrators before they proceed to arbitrate.
The decision of the arbitrators, or in the event of disagreement between the
arbitrators the decision of the umpire shall be final.