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l. Company, any transferee Company and any subsidiary or operating
ompany that may be created in connexion with the Company’s operations under
the Concession shall, except with the prior consent in writing of Her Majesty’s
Oovernment, be and remain a British Company registered in Great Britain and
having its principal place of business in Great Britain.
2- The ?blifiations or benefits of the concession shall not be transferred
without the prior consent in writing of Her Majesty’s Government.
3. The employees of the Company in Abu Dhabi shall at all times be British
subjects or French citizens or subjects of the Shaikh; provided that, with the
consent of the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, persons of other nationalities may
be employed if in the opinion of the Company they arc required for the efficient
carrying on of the operation of the Concession.
4. One of the senior local employees of the Company shall be designated
chief local representative of the Company in Abu Dhabi. The approval of Her
Majesty’s Government shall be required for the person so designated but such
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. He shall be ordinarily resident: —
(a) until drilling begins, at a place in the Persian Gulf to be agreed between
the Political Resident and the Company; and
(b) after the commencement of drilling, at Abu Dhabi unless otherwise agreed
with the Political Resident.
He will be responsible for the local relations of the Company with the Abu Dhabi
authorities which shall, except in routine or unimportant matters, be conducted
through the Political Agent.
5. Subject to the terms of the Concession the Company shall at all times
pay due deference to the advice of the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and the
Political Officers subordinate to him. The Company will recognise the jurisdiction
exercised in Abu Dhabi under the Trucial States Order in Council.
6. The right given to the Company by the Concession to utilise means pf
transportation by air shall be subject to any regulations regarding civil aviation in
force in Abu Dhabi.
7. The Company shall not construct any landing-ground without the prior
consent of Her Majesty’s Government and the Shaikh and except in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such consent, and any landing-ground so con­
structed shall be used only in accordance with such terms and conditions as may
be laid down by Her Majesty’s Government and the Shaikh.
8. The Company shall not have the right to use or occupy, and shall not
include in the areas selected for the purposes of the operation of the Concession,
any sites which may have been selected by or on behalf of the Shaikh or Her
Majesty’s Government for defence purposes, for airfields, aircraft bases or for
wireless or telegraph installations or in connexion with the development of
harbours, provided that with the consent of Her Majesty’s Government which shall
not be unreasonably withheld the Company shall have the right to use for the
purposes of the operation of the Concession such harbours as may be developed
by the Shaikh or Her Majesty’s Government if there is not reasonable harbour
accommodation available elsewhere. Harbours and sea terminals, and the docks
and other facilities in connexion therewith, developed by the Company, shall, in
so far as Her Majesty’s Government are concerned, be under the complete and
exclusive control of the Company. . . . . w.. thft
9 Telegraph, wireless and telephone installations, if any, maintained by the
Company shall be for use only in its business and as provided in the Concession
and shall be so constructed and operated that their operations shall not interfere
tkh the operations of such wireless, telegraph or telephone installations as may
hp Established by the Shaikh or Her Majesty’s Government or their agents.
10 The Company shall do nothing to prejudice the fixing of the boundaries
nf the seabed areaPappertaining to Abu Dhabi and shall not dispute with he
Shaikh w Her Majesty’s Government regarding these boundaries. Until the