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Coll 30/164 'Oil: Oil Concesssions on the Trucial Coast:- Kalba.' [13r] (26/244)
The record is made up of 1 file (119 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1938-17 Jul 1940. 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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demurrage at the port of loading the Company shall pay the amount due for
demurrage according to the terms of the charter party and/or the rates of
loading previously agreed with the Company unless the delay is due to
causes beyond the control of the Company. Any dispute which may arise
as to whether the delay is due to causes beyond the control of the
Company shall be settled by agreement between His Majesty^ Government
and the Company, and, in default of such agreement, the question shall be
referred to two arbitrators, one to be chosen by His Majesty's Government
(or 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 the other by the Company, with power to
appoint an umpire in case of disagreement, such arbitration to be held in
England and to be deemed a reference to Arbitration under the provisions
of the Arbitration Acts 1889 to 1934 (52 and 53 Viet, c.49; 24 and 25
Geo. V. c.14) of the Imperial Parliament, or any statutory modification
or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force.
(4) The price to be paid for all oil or products of the refining or
treatment of oil taken in pre-emption by His Majesty's Government shall
be either (a) as specified in a separate agreement or (b) if no such
agreement shall have been entered into, a fair price for the time being
at the point of delivery as the same shall be settled by agreement
between His Majesty's Government and the Company, or in default of such
agreement by arbitration in the manner provided by the last preceding
sub-clause•
To assist in arriving at a fair price at the point of delivery the
Company shall furnish for the confidential information of His Majesty's
Government, if so required, particulars of the quantities, descriptions
and prices of Kalba oil or products sold to other customers and of
charters or contracts entered into for carriage and shall exhibit to His
Majesty's Government original or authenticated copies of contracts or
charter parties entered into for the sale and/or carriage of such oil or
products.
(5) His Majesty's Government shall be at liberty to take control of
the works, plant and premises of the Company in Kalba and in such event
the Company shall conform to and obey all directions issued by or on
behalf of His Majesty's Government. Compensation shall be paid to the
Company for any loss or damage that may be proved to have been sustained
by the Company by reason of the exercise by His Majesty's Government of
the powers conferred by this sub-clause. Any such compensation shall be
settled by agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Company or,
in default of agreement, by arbitration in the manner provided by
sub-clause (3).
SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by )
the said ^
on behalf of His Majesty's )
Government in the presence of:- )
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.
.
THE COMMON SEAL of Petroleum )
Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) )
Limited was hereunto affixed in )
the presence of:- )
Secretary
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The file concerns the signing of the Kalba oil concession. The concession consisted of the commercial agreement between Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan [Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, signed on 20 December 1938 (copy folios 94-102); and the political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, signed on 11 April 1940 (signed copy folios 12-13).
The papers cover: correspondence from Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, and its parent company, Petroleum Concessions Limited; information on political developments in Kalba; the progress of negotiations over the oil concession; the opinion of 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that it was Shaikh Khalid's ambition to reunite the whole of the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. territories under his own rule (folio 108); drafts of the political agreement; comments on the drafts by the Petroleum Department, the Foreign Office, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; British Government approval for the signing of the oil concession; and British satisfaction that the income derived by the Regent of Kalba would be not be 'dissipated, or appropriated to his own use' (e.g. folio 18).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (119 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 120; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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