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File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.' [131r] (261/358)
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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Conl'idential.
»o:C/367-10/l.TII.
3428
1934 J
?6Titical
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain,tne bth April 1934
From:-
1. Letter No:0/352^1071.VII dated*tLe'29tn*iarch
1933 to tne Ciiief Local hepresentative,
The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
2. Letter No:PA-52 dated the 30th March 1934
from the Chief Local Representative,The
Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
Lieut-Colonel Gordon Loch.I.A.,
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.
To:-
The Honourable 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.
,
at Bahrain.
Sir,
With reference to my Express Letter No:C/13?-l0/l.VII
dated the 22nd February 1934 I have the honour to enclose a copy
of the letters
noted in the
margin regarding
the measuring of
oil of The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited for the purpose of
calculating the royalties due to the Bahrain Government.
2. The matter is too technical for me to offer any decided
opinion, but I would suggest that the firm mentioned (Messrs
B and R. Redwood) might, if thought reliable, be asxed to under
take checking the calibration of the tanks and training an officer
of the Bahrain Government how to check measurements. Until more ~
is known oi the degree of knowledge and skill required for this
work, it is diliicult to say whether a local man suitable for
training is available.
3. I would add that besides the measuring of oil by means
of tanks at the shipping point, measurements of some kind^ will
be necessary of the oil used by the topping plant for producing
/petrol
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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