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Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [49r] (101/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939. 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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2(a)
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah bin Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr.
®5ir,
In view of your having signed the Oil Concession for the State of Qatr in
favour of this Company, I am authorised by the Company to give you the following
undertakings additional to all the undertakings set forth in the Concession:—
(1) The Company will drill two artesian wells free of charge at such place as
may be selected by His Excellency the Shaikh.
(2) The Company will warn all its employees that they should respect and give
heed to general laws and religious customs, and that they should not
display in public forbidden things such as intoxicating liquors.
(3) Consequent on the demand of His Excellency the Shaikh for the employment
of informed persons in Qatr, who should represent His Excellency in
exercising what may be necessary in regard to his rights in accordance
with this concession, the Company undertakes to pay the salaries of such
informed persons, whose number should not be more than two persons
only on condition that these salaries shall be reasonable and in keeping
with their positions and duties.
(4) The Company will supply to His Excellency the Shaikh either in cash or in
kind at the Company’s option annually until oil is won and saved into
storage :—
Two thousand tins (2,000) of petrol,
Three thousand tins (3,000) of kerosene ;
and thereafter—
Five thousand tins (5,000) of petrol,
Ten thousand tins (10,000) of kerosene.
It is requested that you will let me have your acceptance in writing of these
undertakings.
For Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
17th May 1935. Representative.
2(b)
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah bin Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr. Doha, Qatr,
g* r 17th May 1935.
Referring to Article Seventh in the Agreement of the Concession, the land
which surrounds the castle of the Shaikh in Doha is exempt from all operations
of the Company and its works, and this land will be defined by the Shaikh, as is
the case at Riyan. For Ang i 0 .pe rs i aQ Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
h-c rv + Q f 1
2 (c)
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah al Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr. Dona, Qatr,
o- r 17th May 1935.
1 am instructed to inform you that I have signed the Agreement of the
Oil Concession of Qatr in accordance with my authority from the Anglo-Persian
Oil Co Ltd on the understanding that it is subject to the approval of His
Britannic Majesty’s Government. : ^ ^ to ^
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
For Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
Representative.
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The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officials in the region approving Packer's appointment.
The file also concerns Packer's appointment as Local Representative of PCL's subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and related staff appointments by PCL.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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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- Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
- Pages
- 49r
- Author
- Mylles, Charles Clark
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