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File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.' [94r] (187/358)
The record is made up of 1 file (177 folios). It was created in 1934-1942. 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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Any reply to this letter should be
addressed to the Director, Petroleum Dept.
Telephone: Victoria 9310.
Telegrams : Minindust, Parl, London.
Reference No.:-P.D.
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PETROLEUM DEPARTMENT
~j ) r y (Mines Department),
, ^ 1 Dean Stanley Street,
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Westminster, London, S.W.l.
My dear Laithwaite,
Bahrein,
20th Octoher, 1934,
With reference to your letter of the 18th October
enclosing a bound set of the calibration tables of the storage
tanks in Bahrein, I have no criticism to offer on these-. But
these tables are in American barrels, and the royalrty provisions
of the agreement are on a basis of statute tons. Paragraphs
6-8 of Ballantyne's letter of the 7th May explain how it is
proposed to translate the calculations into tons, and in my
letter to you of the 10th May (paragraph 3) I said that these
proposals might be agreed to subject to the concurrence of the
independent person who did the calibration work. I added that
I understood from Hamilton that he had already discussed these
points with Redwoods, and had secured their informal
agreement. I should have thought it would have been desirable
for Redwoods to furnish a statement to be appended to the
tables showing how it was intended that they should be used
for the purpose of measuring the oil for royalty. On the
other hand the Company may say that, having had the tanks
calibrated and having indicated how they proposed to use them
for assessing the amount of royalty, there is nothing further
which they should be asked to do.
This matter has, of course, virtually reached the point
when it is a matter of local administration, and without first
hand knowledge it is difficult for us to do much more in the
way of advising. The calibration of the tanks is important
but the business of measuring and of checking the
measurement of oil is a specialised one. The Company in their
J. Gr. Laithwaite Esq.,
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.
,
Whitehall,
S.W.l.
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ENCLOSURE IN V'E^LY LETT"’
' O. 43 2 5 OCT 1934
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the calibration and measurement of the oil storage tanks of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited in order to assess royalties due to the lessors.
Included in the file is a technical plan: 'Diagram of Sitra Terminal Tank Link-Up' (folio 38).
The principal correspondents in the file are: an official of the 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite); 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. , Bahrain; and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (177 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2794 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Oil) consists of seventeen files and volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The files and volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth files and volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth file; part 12 comprises the thirteenth file; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth file; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.
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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 178; 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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- Title
- File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:12v, 17r:18v, 21r:24v, 26r:28v, 39r:40v, 42r:53v, 57r:58v, 94r:98v, 102r:102v, 104r:105v, 107r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:116v, 119r:121v, 127r:133v, 135r:137v, 142r:153v, 156r:159v, 161r:162v, 167r:167v, 169r:170v, 172r:176r, 176ar, 176v:178v, back
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