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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [79r] (164/322)
The record is made up of 1 volume (159 folios). It was created in 22 May 1913-8 Aug 1928. 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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8. He will well and truly measure or cause to be measured upon some pan
of the said lands the whole produce which shall be so von as aforesaid of
M ineral O il at least > in everv .svw .
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and as many other times as occasion
may require and days ? notice in writing of everv such measuring shall be
given to the said Collector in order that he or some person on his behalf may be
present at such measuring ami attend to the proper conduct thereof and no part
of the said produce shall on any account be taken away from the said lands until
the same shall have been so measured.
8A. He will in any area which he now holds or may acquire whether by
lease or license from the Secretary of State or by purchase or otherwise and
whether in the Native reserves of Twingon and Beme or elsewhere to the satis
faction of the Collector or such officer as he may appoint on this behalf or should
a Warden of the oil field be appointed to the satisfaction oi such Warden keep
all wells in good repair work them in an economical and workmanlike manner
pay proper attention to the exclusion of water from the oil sands and will not
abandon any bore until he shall have given at least fifteen days' prior notice in
writing to the said Collector or Warden of such his intention and will thereafter
plug the same with seasoned wood or clay in such manner that after each section
of the pipe is removed the hole thus left shall be plugged before the next section of
pipe of larger diameter above is removed.
8B. No new bore or well shall be^ade or sunk within the land described in
Schedule A within' a horizontal distance of 100 feel from the boundary or within
a horizontal distance of 150 feet from any existing well on land outside the boundary.
9. He will report to the Collector within one month of the occurrence the
discovery or removal of any precious stone found by him or by his agents upon
the said lands and will within the same period pay royalty of 15 per cent, of the
value of such stones to Government thereupon being permitted to retain the same
he will ascertain the value of all such precious stones in such manner as the Local
Government may from time to time prescribe for the purpose of determining the
amount of royally payable in respect thereof.
10. He will upon the expiration or sooner determination of this license or
the abandonment of the undertaking hereby licensed whichever shall first occur
with all convenient speed remove all such buildings structures engines machinery
and other property and effects erected or brought by him upon the said lands
under the provisions hereof.
11. He will within six months after the expiration or sooner determination
of this license or the date of the abandonment of the said undertaking whichever
shall first occur securely plug all bores and fill up or fence all holes and excava
tions that he may have made in the said lands to such extent as the said Collector
may require and will to the like extent restore so far as may be to their natural
or original condition the surface of the said lands and all buildings and structures
thereon which he may have damaged in the course of prospecting.
Powers of Government.
1. If the licensee shall at any time refuse or neglect to observe or perform
all or any of the conditions herein mentioned and on his part to be observed and
performed the said (ollector may by notice in writing signed by him and
delivered to the licensee or left at the lands for which this license is given sum
marily declare that the license hereby granted shall thenceforth determine and
thereupon the license and all rights and liberties conferred hereby or enjoved
hereunder shall forthwith determine without prejudice to the rights and reme
dies of the Secretary ot htate in respecjL, of any prior breach or non-performance
of all or any of the conditions hereof on the part of the licensee and except in
respect of the covenants on the part of the licensee herein mentioned to be
performed after the expiration or sooner determination of this license or after the
abandonment of the undertaking hereby licensed.
2. It s ail be lawful for the said Local Government ai any time by written
notice under the hand of one of the Secretaries to the said Local Government to
revoke its consent to any such grant assignment arrangemtnt compact or under
taking in clause 7 of the licensee's covenants mentioned and upon such revoca
tion such assignment arrangement compact or, understanding shall ipso facto
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The file relates to proposals to prospect for oil at Gwadar (mainly referred to in the papers as 'Gwadur'), and discussions over the ownership and proposed cession of the area, which was in the territory of the Sultan of Muscat.
The file includes the following papers:
- correspondence concerning demarcation of the boundary between Gwadar and Kalat, 1913-1915
- papers relating to the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty over Gwadar and the claims of the Khan of Kalat to Gwadar, 1913-1928, including correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel R A E Benn, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Muscat, Major Stuart George Knox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, and D de S Bray, Quetta, dated April-June 1914, discussing the possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat and noting possible objections on the part of the French; trade statistics for Gwadar and Muscat for a period of three years, June 1914; letter from R E L Wingate, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel A P Trevor, Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire setting out reasons for a possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat, 27 April 1920; papers discussing the history and relative strength of the claims to Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat on the one hand, and the Khan of Kalat and the Gitchkis on the other, 1926-1928
- proposals by the Burmah Oil Company Limited to prospect for oil in Gwadar, 1914, including a map of territories (scale one inch = four miles) over which a prospecting licence was required by the company (folio 33), with description (folio 34)
- statistics of trade for the years 1910-1913 relating to Chahbar, 1914
- rules for the grant of mineral leases, 1914
- details of trade statistics relating to Gwadar, 1914
- report on oil on the Makran coast by Lieutenant Colonel Keyes, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kalat, 28 January 1928.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (159 folios)
- Arrangement
Contains an index of six topics at the front of the volume.
Arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. An original foliation sequence (not circled) links the folio numbers in the index at the front of the volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/378
- Title
- 'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:30v, 35r:64v, 66r:76v, 78r:79v, 80ar:80bv, 81r:83v, 86r:96v, 97ar:97bv, 98r:155v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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