'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession'

The volume mainly contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the protection of oil fields in Bahrain from sabotage and bombing and on the decrease of the oil production during the World War Two. It contains monthly details on shipment of oil from Bahrain and on petroleum products exports, and semestral abstracts of accounts and statement on royalties for the period 1942-1943. There are maps and drawings by BAPCO:. 'A reservation for an overhead salt water line for refinery use' (f. 186); map of 'Location of Fish Traps south of Sitra Island' (f. 187); drawing of 'Proposed Causeway & Materials Pier Sitra' (f. 288); There is an index with notes at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322.

The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red ink, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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