Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎218r] (14/181)

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bcuring Arab countries uno will obey the local
laws. The Company snail also nave the rigit to
import skilled and tecnnical employees. The
Company shall pay to the workmen it employs a
fair wage > such wage to be decided by the Com
pany at the time the workmen are engaged.
Further, the fact of the Company employ
ing Subjects of the Snaikn shall not in any way
whatever, alter the Status of such employees in
respect of their rights, privileges and duties
as Subjects of tne Shaikh, and such employees
will remain - in all ways - subject to tne
jurisdiction of the laws and under the legal
authority of the Shaikh in his capacity as tne
Ruler of the State of Ajman.
ARTICUE 15. The Snaikn shall give to the Com
pany and its employees and property all protec
tion in nis power from theft, highway robbery,
assault, wilful damage and destruction, and the
Company may appoint in consultation with the
Shaikh and itself pay trustworthy guards who
snail at all times be subjects of the Snaikh
unless the Snaikh permits otnerwise to assist
in protecting the property of tne Company and
its employees. The Company shall erect at its
own expense suitable buildings for the accomo
dation of such guards at such places as the
Company shall decide.
ARTICLE 16. In measuring tne Substances for
purposes of royalty the factor for conversion
of the volume of oil into weight shall be such
figure as may be determined and agreed upon
between the Snaikh and the Company after tne
discovery of oil and the ascertainment of its
specific gravity.
The Company shall measure the Substances
by a method customarily used in good technical
practice and the Snaikh by his representative
duly authorised by nim shall have the right to
observe such measuring and to examine and test
wnatever appliances may be used for such measur
ing. Such representative snail comply with all
necessary and usual safeguards for the preven
tion of fire and otner accident5 and shall make
all examinations and tests at such times and in
such manner as will cause tne minimum inter
ference with the Company^ operations. If upon
such examination or testing any such appliance
shall be found to be out of order tne Company
will cause the same to be put in order at its
own expense within a reasonable time, and if
upon any such examination aforesaid any error
shall be discovered in any such appliance, such
error shall - if tne Shaikh so decides after
hearing the Company 1 s explanation - be con
sidered to nave existed for Three (3) Calendar
Months previous to the discovery thereof or
from the last occasion of examining the same in
case such occasion shall be within such period
of Three Calendar Months and tne Royalty snail
be adjusted accordingly. If the Company should
find it necessary to alter, repair or replace
any measuring appliances it shall give reasonable
notice to the Shaikh or his representative to
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