Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎106r] (213/472)

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15. WATER_CONSERVATION.
Reference paragraph 279 of
Summary No.21 of 1948.
Intelligence
After hearing the views of the Political
Agent, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and re
presentatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,
His Highness has agreed to the setting up of a committee
on water conservation for Bahrain. The committee is
to consist of geological.experts from the Bahrain Petro-
leum Company, members of the Bahrain Government and re
presentatives of the agricultural and merchant communitier
It is to be effective and not merely consuitative and one
of its main tasks will be the examination of all future •
applications for the digging of wells in the island.
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(i) P etroleum De velopment (Qatar_)_Limil.
Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited expect
to export 2 million tons of oil from Qatar during the
end of the year and the Shaikh of Qatar will receive
nearly half/million pounds in royalties.
(ii) Thieving from barges and other craft transport
ing goods and material for Petroleum Development (Qatar)
Limited from Bahrain to Qatar is on he increase.
3.7. TR UCIAL COAST-,
(i) p etr oleum Development (Tr ucial C oast) Limited ,
Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
have been asked by the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi to make him an
advance of Rs.2,00,000/- in royalty, in return for a re
ceipt stating that the money has been received as an ad
vance in royalties on oil to be produced from the concession
area including the Abu Dhabi shoals, reefs and islands.
(ii) Mr. H.M. Jackson, Field Manager of the Company,
accompanied by F/Lt. J.R. Atkins, Officer Commanding, Royal
Air Force, Sharjah, recently visited Abu Dhabi, The .
purpose of the journey was to examine the emergency landing
ground and report whether it was suitable for the landing
of Company aircraft. On the 17th Mr. H.M. Jackson went
to Abu Dhabi again and made the necessary markings on the
landing ground. On the 19th Brigadier Longrigg and Mr.
B.H. Lermitte arrived at Abu Dhabi by air. After meeting
Shaikh Shakhbut they left by air and arrived at Sharjah
the same day. On the 20th they flew to Muscat returning
to Sharjah the same day. On the 21st they left for
Bahrain by air.
(iii) Slaver y.
Shaikh Obaid bin luma’h bin Maktum, brother
of the Ruler of Dubai, who left towai ^s the end of November
1948, on a visit to Saudi Arabia, recently returned to
Dubai via Bahrain. It is reported that he presented
a number of female slaves to King lion Saud and his sons
who presented him with a car (which he sold in Bahrain)
and a sum of money said to be 10,000 Saudi Riyals.