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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [79v] (165/322)
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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iter awount de-
ted as stated in
brea mble
d.
J ote .—A lease
precious stones
st be given bv
Governor-
leral in Council,
.ses for oils and
erals other than
ious stones \vi I
given by the
Government.
be void and of no effect and in case it shall appear to the said Local Government
that its consent to the said ^rant assignment arrangement compact or under
standing was improperly obtained or that the licensee or grantee or assignee of
the licensee or the Trust Syndicate Corporation or person with whom such
arrangement compact or understanding as aforesaid has been made with the
cognizance consent or connivance of the licensee made any improper use of his
powers under such assignment agreement compact or understanding the license
shall forthwith be terminable by a notice in writing signed by one of the Secre
taries of the Local Government and delivered to the licensee or left at the lands
for which this license was given.
3. It shall be lawful for the said Collector at all times to apply the said
security deposit of Rs. or any portion thereof or any further
? um which may be deposited under the provisions next hereinafter contained in
making good and satisfying the claim of any third parties in respect of any
damage or injury abovementioned done by the licensee and also in indemnifying
the Secretary of State against any claims by any such third parties in respect of
any such injury or damage and all suits and proceedings instituted against the
Secretary of State for or in respect of any such damage or injury and all costs
and expenses relating thereto.
4. Provided that if upon the determination of this license or of any renewal
thereof the amount for the time being in deposit with the said Collector or so
much thereof as shall not be required by the said Collector to be applied as above-
mentioned shall if the licensee shall become the lessee of any mining lease of the
said lands or any portion thereof under the provisions hereinafter contained be
carried to his credit as part of the rents and royalties payable under such lease or
if he shall decline or fail to obtain any such lease as aforesaid then the same shall
be returned to the licensee provided also that if the Collector has reason to antici
pate that any such claims as aforesaid are likely to be made by third parties he
may retain the amount of the said security or such portion thereof as he may
think proper for a period not exceeding six months beyond the determination of
his license or any renewal thereof as aforesaid.
Covenants by the Secretary of State.
T he S ecretary of State hereby covenants that if upon the expiration
by effluxion of time of the term hereby granted the Local Government is satisfied
that the licensee has been prevented from completing his search of the said lands
by any cause other than hi-s own default then the Collector may with the sanction
of the Local Government and at the request and cost of the licensee in
writing renew this license for such further period or periods not exceeding two
years in the aggregate as the licensee may desire from the expiration of the term
hereby granted subject to the like conditions in all respects as are herein contained
except this covenant for renewal and also that on or before the determination
of this license the licensee shall in the case of mineral oil or minerals other than
precious stones have a right (subject to the rules prescribed by the Government
for granting mining leases) to a mining lease of so much of the said lands not
exceeding the area specified in the said rules as the Local Government may think
fit to grant and in the case of precious stones shall have a right (subject to the
said rules) to the first offer of such mining lease as the Governor-General in Councii
may think fit to grant.
Additional clauses.
And it is hereby agreed and declared that every mining lease which may
hereafter be granted to the licensee whether under the provisions of this license or
of any other license heretofore granted to the licensee shall (subject to the
Rules prescribed by the Government for granting mining leases) contain such
considerations and stipulations as the Local Government may consider necessary
and that every lease of oil wells heretofore granted to the licensee shall be deemed
to contain—
(i) a covenant by the licensee that the licensee will duly observe and
perform all the restrictions and conditions imposed upon him by such lease
including all such restrictions and conditions as may be imposed upon him in
exercise of the power hereinafter defined;
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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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