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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎152r] (317/481)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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P.Z.6792/34. 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. ,
TOiitehall, S.W.I.
15th November,1934.
Dear Lefroy, ^
Many thanks for your letter of 1st November about
Qatar Oil and for the redraft of the concession enclosed in
it.
2. -Ve have the following comments to make on the
redraft.
Article 10 . If the Company are prepared to insert
an exemption payment, on the same lines as were followed in
Koweit, we should be quite ready to accept the modified
wording which you now suggest, and to exempt food supplies
from duty, but failing this we fear we must hold to the
existing draft. V;ill you let me know your vievvs about this?
I may point out, as regards the rates of duty, that Article 6
of the Sheikh 1 s Treaty of 1916 provides that "the customs
dues on goods of British merchants imported into Qatar shall
not exceed those levied on my own subjects on such goods
and shall not in any case exceed 5^ ad valorem . British goods
shall be liable to the payment of no other dues or taxation
2»L(ifroy Esq.,
A.P.O.C. ,
1 Britannic House,
Finsbury Circus,
E.G.
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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between 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. and 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).

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1 volume (234 folios)
Arrangement

The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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