'الملف رقم 10/1 X الامتياز النفطي بالبحرين' [و‎‎٧‎١] (٤٩٤/١٥٨)

be diverted (except for ©ireulating purposes)
from the sea line. from actual observation
and practice 1 am of the opinion that the
system of operating is satisfactory and that
the diagram provided by the Company is an
accurate representation of the lay out.
4. The amount of oil on which royalty
is due to the State is 14,976.708 tons after
corrections had been made from the results
of tests taken, i.e., specific gravity, tem
perature and centifruge.
5. Before loading commenced the sealed-
off tanks were gauged and the above tests were
taken by the State Engineer, representing the
Bahrain G-overnment and Mr. Dale Nix representing
the Bahrain Petroleum Company, who agreed on
their accuracy. When the ship was loaded and
pumping had ceased the tanks were again gauged
in the same way, the difference in the two
readings showed the gross barrells loaded.
.Ihe final figure was arrived at after the cor
rections which are mentioned above had been made.
6. The following point has arisen which
needs a decision if possible before the next
tanker arrives. After the ship has been loaded
and the sea line has been closed a considerable
quantity of oil, on which royalty has been paid,
remains in the pipe. It has been suggested
by the Company that they should be credited with
the royalty on the oil inside the loading line
when the next shipment occurs. in principle
this —