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PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’ [17r] (32/57)
The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1934-30 Sep 1935. 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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NOTE ,
RED OXIDE ON ABU WSA .
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A concession, subsequently approved by the ruling
Sheikh, was granted in April 1898 by the Regent of shargah
to certain Arabs. On 1st June 1906 one of those Arabs
entered into a contract with Herr Wonckhaus to sell him
from 2,000 t© 5000 tons of red oxide annually for a period
of four years from the date of the contract. On 21st
February 1907 the Sheikh of Shargah cancelled the
concession on the ground, inter alia , that the
concessionaire in question had entered into his contract
with Herr Wonckhaus without the Sheikhas approval.
Herr Wonckhaus appealed to the German Government and a
lengthy dispute ensued which was on the point of settlement
at the outbreak of the War.
2. npfliQftEy After considerable $&&&&£&> discussion,
it was agreed that Y/onckhaus and Co. had cause for
complaint, though H.M.G. never admitted that the Sheikh had
not acted within his full rights. After further
considerable preliminary discussion the firm in September
1913 agreed to abandon their case on the understanding that
H.M.G. would refund their direct losses to them. They
claimed an average sale price of 65s/- per ton for red
oxide, or an average net profit of 35s/3d and it appeared
that they had in all shipped 3,210 tons (or possibly
3,610 tons) of red oxide from Abu Musa as against the
8 000 to 20,000 which they were entitled to ship during the ■
four years of their contract. The Board of Trade held,
however, that the Company were entitled to compensation
only in respect of the amount that might have been shipped
during the unexpired period of the contract at the minimum
contract/
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The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the claim of Robert Wonkhaus and Company, Hamburg, for financial compensation for loss due to the interruption of their contract for purchasing red oxide at Abu Musa from a concessionaire, following the cancellation of the concession by the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. Negotiations had taken place with the company before the First World War, but the question of compensation due to them was left undecided by the outbreak of the War.
It includes correspondence between M J Clauson, 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 Gustav Zinnow, a partner in the company Robert Wonkhaus and Company, including a letter from Clauson to Zinnow of 30 September 1939, stating that he is directed to inform Zinnow that there is no prospect of HM Government or the Government of India being able to favourably consider Zinnow’s representations for compensation (folio 2). The file also includes correspondence between Clauson and Thompson, Quarrell and Company, Solicitors, and other related correspondence and papers, such as a statement on the case by Zinnow (folios 20 to 24).
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- 1 file (29 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, and are 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/121
- Title
- PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
- Pages
- 1r:10v, 13r:19v, 27r:29v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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