مجموعة ٣٠/٨٧(٢) الجزء I "قطر: الامتياز النفطي." [ظ‎‎٤‎٩‎٣] (١٣١٠/١٠٠٣)

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PYPrrmt and free during the period of this Agreement from all present or future
consideration thereof the Company shall m.addttion to the or
iii Article 3 pay to the Sliaikh on each anniversary of the date oi signatme or uu*
Agreement four annas (annas 4) per ton (2,240 lbs.) of petroleum on winch royalty
is payable.
(B) The importation by the Company of firearms and other weapons is pro
hibited except with the written permission of the Shaikh.
fC) If the Company should sell in Kuwait any material or goods previously
imported into Kuwait for the purposes of its operations hereunder and no longer
required by the Company, the Company shall pay to the Shaddi m respect of such
material or goods sold the equivalent of import duty thereon at the rate m force at
thp time of sale. The duty shall be computed on the price received on sale.
(D) Necessary customs officials at harbours constructed _ by the Company or
additional customs officials required at any other ports utilised by the Company
shall be appointed by the Shaikh in consultation with the Company and their
salaries which shall not exceed the usual salaries of such officials shall be paid by
the Company which shall also provide at its own expense suitable buildings lor the
accommodation of customs officials at harbours which it has constructed.
Article 8.—{A) The Company shall have the right to purchase at current
market rates fuel, water, lood, building and constructional, materials and other
supplies of every kind in connection with its operations hereunder.
(B) The Company shall employ subjects of the Shaikh as far as possible for all
work for which they are suited under the supervision of the Company’s skilled
employees, but if the local supply of labour should in the judgment of the Company
be inadequate or unsuitable the Company shall have the right with the approval of
the Shaikh which shall not be unreasonably withheld to import labour preference
being given to labourers from the neighbouring Arab countries who will obey the
local laws. The Company shall also have the right to import skilled and technical
employees. Any employee imported by the Company who shall by misconduct
cause a breach of peace or public disturbance shall at the request of the Shaikh be
dismissed and shall if it is within the power of the Company to do so be sent out of
Kuwait. The Company shall pay to the workmen it employs a fair wage, such
wage to be decided and stated by the Company at the time the workmen are
engaged.
(C) The Company shall provide free of charge medical service for its employees,
and the Shaikh and his family shall have the right to such medical service and
necessary medical supplies free of charge.
Article 9.—The Shaikh grants to the Company free of cost the unrestricted use
and occupation of and suriace rights over all uncultivated land belonging to the
Shaikh which the Company may need for the purposes of its operations and in
particular the Company shall have the right to select in consultation with the
Shaikh an area or areas of land chosen by the Company outside the present town
wall of Kuwait with exclusive surface rights upon which to erect oil refineries,
storage, terminal and shipping facilities and any other works required for the
Company’s operations; and the Company may with the cognisance of the Shaikh
buy or lease lor such purposes any lands, houses or buildings with the consent
of and on conditions to be arranged with the proprietors thereof but the terms of
such purchase or lease shall not he in excess of those ordinarily current in their
respective localities.
(A) lire Company shall acquire only such land, houses and buildings as are
necessary for its operations under this Agreement. The Company shall inform the
tffiiamh iicm time to time of the land, houses and buildings which it requires to
occup} for its operations ; and land, houses and buildings previously acquired by
i e n i 0mpaDy r ?? 1 i e k ut found no longer necessary for its operations
shall be returned by the Company to the Shaikh free of charoe.