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On the expiry of tMir concession at the end of
December 1927 Messrs. F.C.Strick & Co. intimated that owing
to the poor quality of the oxide end the consequent difficulty
of disposing of it at a profitable price they v/ere pre; ared
to renew the concession of t'/v'o years only i'i the Shaikh
would accent a nominal rental o- i-^s • SCC/* pe. aniiumj with
payment of royalty at the rate of l > s.2/- per >011 on any
quantity exported in excess of 1000 tons per annum. The
Shaikh was not prepared to accept a rental of less than
Ra ,1500/~ per pl^s the royalty mentioned and kessrs.
Sirick finally - in «7une 1928 - intimated that the oxide
obtainaule on the island v/as not in their opinion su^i icient
ly salea le to warrant their interesting themselves iii it
to any further e:ctent. Their decision was communicated to
the Shal 'ch who v/as also warned that before concluding an
/• agreement with any other applicant he should consult the
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. .
2« With regard to other sources ox oxide in the Persian
Gulf , the follov/ing is an extract from a letter from Lessrs.
F.C.Strick & Co. dated 14th November 1924;-
M We may mention that, many years ago, when on a
visit" to London, Monsieur Chapuis, the owner of
the small steamer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
coasting trade, who brought Ormu^ Oxide to our
I notice, informed us at the time that he knew oi an
oxide in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. even better in quality,
but unfortunately, before he auvised us as to the
locality. Monsieur Chapuis died. According to
infomation picked up by Mr • Habakkuk, while at Abu
Musa, from an Arab who knew Or muz and Abu Musa
Oxides the onl^- oxide in the Gulf comparable with
Ormuz is at Dalmah, but we have never seen samples
nor have we any inx'ormation by way 01 comirmaticn.
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