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shall forthwith make good the deficiency. If such provisional payments as afore­
said arc found in the aggregate to have exceeded the Make-up Payment, such excess
shall be treated as an advance against future Convention Payments.

Article 11
1. All payments to be made by the Company to the Sheikh under this Agree­
ment except the payment to be made pursuant to Article 3 hereof on signature of
this Agreement shall be made and satisfied by payment in sterling to the Eastern
Bank Limited (or other Bank nominated by the Sheikh in the Sterling Area being
the Scheduled Territories as defined in the United Kingdom Exchange Control Act,
1947, and regulations made thereunder) for credit of the account in Doha of the
Sheikh of Qatar.
2. The payment referred to in clause 1 to be made pursuant to Article 3 hereof
shall be made and satisfied by the payment to the Sheikh of Indian Rupees.
Article 12
1. The Company shall have, without hindrance, all reasonable rights and
facilities within the Concession Area and elsewhere in Qatar for the purposes of
its operations under this Agreement including (but not limited to): —
(а) The right to build, construct, maintain, operate and use all types of
buildings, installations, staff facilities, communication and transport
systems and engineering works of every description.
(б) The right to use free of all payments to the Sheikh earth, stone, sand, gravel,
lime, gypsum, clay and similar substances and water that may be avail­
able and may be required for its operations provided always that the
inhabitants of Qatar shall not thereby be deprived of their usual require­
ments of these materials, that irrigation is not prejudiced, that no land,
habitation or watering place for animals is deprived of a reasonable
supply of water and that the water supply of the inhabitants is not
endangered.
2. No substances taken by the Company pursuant to the provisions of
clause 1 (b) of this Article shall be exported by the Company for use outside Qatar.
Article 13
1. The Sheikh will to the extent that he can reasonably do so place at the
disposal of the Company free of all charge such Government-owned lands as may
be required by the Company for the conduct of its operations under this Agreement.
2. The Company will not operate in places such as religious lands, cemeteries,
lands occupied by religious buildings or by essential enterprise existing on the date
of signature of this Agreement or any normal extensions thereto indicated to the
Company by the Sheikh, or on any other lands which the Sheikh may reasonably
request should be excepted.
3. If the Company requires for the conduct of its operations under this Agree­
ment any land in Qatar which is owned by a private individual the Sheikh will lend
all reasonable assistance to the Company to acquire such land at prices not greater
than those ruling at the time for similar land in the same area.
4. The Company will not enter into negotiations for the purchase or rental
of buildings in Qatar without previous consultation with the Sheikh.
5. Until such time as the Company has constructed and commences to use
its own harbour facilities, the port of Doha, and when suitable Government-owned
facilities are available in the area of Umm Said, such port also, shall be the
authorised ports of entry for all imports brought by the Company into Qatar by
sea. The Company may, however, at all times deliver imports needed for its
operations, direct from ships to its off-shore marine installations, and may also
unload directly over the shore anywhere on the coast of Qatar except in places
which the Sheikh may reasonably stipulate should not be so used such materials,
equipment and stores as it cannot reasonably be expected to handle through the
above ports.
Article 14
1. The Company undertakes to respect the rights, privileges and sovereignty
of the Sheikh and the persons, property and rights of his subjects, and to refrain
from doing or causing to be done any act which offends against the laws and
customs of the country!
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