‘File 28/5 VI Licenses for export of oil from Bahrain.’

Content

The file comprises requests made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for licences to export petroleum products from Bahrain, sent by the Chief Local Representative for Bahrain (J O Fifer during 1945; R M Brown during 1946) to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .

Each of the export licence requests, which are numbered, detail: the assignee of the export; the name of the vessel and its place of registration; the date for loading at Bahrain; the quantity and type of petroleum products to be loaded; the destination of the export; the consignee (a significant proportion of which is marked as ‘US Navy’; the tonnage of diesel fuel in the ship’s bunkers. On some requests the destination and consignee is not specified, and is marked instead as ‘sailing under sealed orders’. Included amongst the licence requests are some export licences which were cancelled and sent back to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . These licences typically have the word ‘cancelled’ written across them in blue or red pen, or bear a stamp marking them as cancelled. The file also contains some letters from representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company, relating to requests made for licences by BAPCO.

Extent and format

1 file (392 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 390-392) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 394; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-75; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/683

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Files: 28/5 VI

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Jun 1945-14 Oct 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Petroleum industryPetroleum productsExports

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Petroleum Company, Chief Local Representative

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