File 537/1921 Part 2 'Persia: Oil - A.P.O. Co's development of new oil-fields; Oil Boring at Dasht-i-Qil; A.P.O. Co's agreement with Kashkuli Khans' [‎276r] (223/254)

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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. *
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Subject;- uurvey of Genav/ah anchorao'e.
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1 1 have the honour to refer the Government of India to my
| letter ivC.3o3~b. dated 19th October 1921 relative to the operations
ft of tlie -“-nglo Persian Gil Gompany connected with the exploitation
Hi ^ ae r ’^ i n ^'i ie Dasht-i-' w il area and the formation of Gena’^ah
as a base for this enterprise. 1
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2. already a considerable ouantity of material and stores has
been and is- being landed daily at Genawah for test borin ? meratioflB
and the construction of the road to Dasht-i-Qil, and if oil is
found in paying quantities, of pinch the Company’s geologists are
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very optimistic this base will become a verv busy port and large
quantities of machinery, material and stores for condensing plants,
pipe line, pumping station, buildings etc. and fe in all probability
a rail ray mill have to be handled.
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2. I, therefore, venture to suggest that, as the 3.I.M.G.
"Palinurus" is at present in the Gulf comule ting the survey of
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Mat if harbour and aoproaches, the Government of India ’"ill be
uleased to issue the necessary instructions for her to carry out
a brief preliminary survey of Genarah during this cold weather. &
Gome discussion about this urouosal took ulace yesterday between
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the President Director and the Ooramander of the "Palinurus 11 who
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"’ere both staying at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and I gathered that on'a cursory
survey of the anchorage outside the t> fathom line, which could be
carried out by taking soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. from the ship, is required, with .a
view