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'File 10/6 BAPCO Abstract of Accounts (and Oil Gauging)'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/424

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/424
Title
'File 10/6 BAPCO Abstract of Accounts (and Oil Gauging)'
Date
24 Mar 1945-14 Oct 1950
Description

The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on oil royalties, including abstracts of accounts of oil, statements on Royalties due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for the years 1944-1950 and receipts from the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The file includes 'Royalty Tank Charts' (folios 13-17). There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-160). There are various gaps in the numbering, because the following folios have been removed to file (Confidential files: 10/6 A) IOR/R/15/2/425: folios 63-82, folio 85, folio 88; and folios 91-108.

Arrangement

The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-160). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (122 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
The foliation is written in pencil (later ink) in the top right corner. The numbering begins with the first page of writing, on number 1, and ends on 161, on the inside of the back cover of the file. There are various gaps in the numbering, because the following folios have been removed to file (Confidential files: 10/6 A) IOR/R/15/2/425: folios 63-82, folio 85, folio 88; and folios 91-108.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/74daf6a6-0c56-4a2b-a284-84d4788925d1/

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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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'File 10/6 BAPCO Abstract of Accounts (and Oil Gauging)'