'File 10/1 XVII Bahrain Oil Concession'

The volume mainly contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the necessity to 'reduce the refinery and the crude oil production' for war conditions; it contains monthly details on shipment of oil from Bahrain and semestral abstracts of accounts and statement on Royalties due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for 1940 and 1941. The volume also includes: list of records on a geophysical study being shipped per Florence Luckenbach from Bahrain to New York (folios 92-100); correspondence on the fish traps on Sitra Island. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, including an agreement, in English and Arabic, signed on 18 October 1941 by the Shaikh and BAPCO, to transfer to a safe place the records and geological plans because of the war (folio 180). In the volume there are maps and drawings by BAPCO:. drawing of 'A reservation for recreational purposes' (f. 14); map representing 'Extended area for marine and submarine facilities at Zallaq terminal' (ff. 28 and 203); 'A strip of land for road & pipeline purposes between Fee Property R/W-1 & GR-1a on Sitra Island' (f. 49); Section representing Zone A and B (f. 171); 'Probable Surface Contours on top of Zone A water.'(f. 172); 'Probable Surface Contours on top of Zone B water.'(f. 173); 'Extended Shore Facilities at Zallaq' (f. 223, 240); 'Marine facilities at Zellaq' (f. 243); There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 278-297).

The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 278-297). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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