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NOTE FOR COOTERENOE WITH THE
HONOURABLE THE POLITICAL RESIDENT ON 18TH NOV., 1936
COMPANISS IMTSRPIvETATION OF PARA.5 OE MR.MTLLES LETTER DATED 17.5.55
(1) In general the representatives duties are to represent
the Sheikh in the protection of the rights of the Ruler,
the Government and Qatar people in accordance with the
terms of the Concession, during the Company's operations,
Their duties are to the Ruler. They have no duties to
the Company according to the abovementioned paragraph.
(2) If the paragraphs of the Concession are taken separately
the duties of many of the paragraphs can only "be
described as watching that the Sheikh's, rights are not
infringed.
There are several paragraphs where the duties are
clear and can be defined.
Article 1 .
The duty of the Sheikh's representative is to
ensure that the Ruler gets information on discoveries
of minerals.
Article 2 .
The representative sees that the Company do not
touch religious lands or infringe Qatar people's rights
to land.
Article 5 .
The representative watches to see that the Company
displays proper activity and progress in exploration
and inspects records in the Ruler's interests.
Article 4 .
The representative watches that payments are in
accordance with the Concessions and oil output.
Article 5 .
The representative has the right to inspect oil
output records on behalf of the Sheikh.
Article 6 .
The representative would act as intermediary
should the Sheikh desire to use Company's roads, W/T
telephones, ports, etc.
Article 7 .
The representative protects private owners of land
or houses in land and building transactions and the
Sheikh's rights to take over buildings and lands acquired
by the Company and later becoming unnecessary.