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Article 2
The period of this Agreement shall be three English Calendar years but the
Company shall have the right by giving notice in writing three months before the
expiry of the third year to an extension of this period for another three years.

Article 3
The Shaikh hereby grants to the Company the exclusive right to explore and
search for natural gas, asphalt, ozokerite, crude petroleum and their products and
cognate substances within the State.

Article 4
In consideration of the rights granted by the Shaikh by this Agreement the
Company shall pay the Shaikh: —
(a) on signature of this Agreement £1,500 (one thousand five hundred pounds
Sterling) in respect of the first year, and
(b) after the end of the first year £281 5s. Od. (two hundred and eighty-one
pounds five shillings Sterling) every three months in advance.

Article 5
The Company shall not carry on any operations within areas occupied by or
devoted to the purposes of mosques, sacred buildings or graveyards.

Article 6
The Company shall have the right to import all things necessary for its
operations and to export articles previously imported by the Company free of
customs or export duty and other charges.

Article 7
The employees of the Company shall be allowed to enter into or to leave the
State at all times without let or hindrance and free of all charges and the Shaikh
shall grant to the Company’s employees every facility required for the purpose
of the Company’s operations hereunder.
But the Company’s employees shall not interfere or by their actions cause
any disturbance or cause opposition to the Shaikh’s authority within the State
of Fujaira.
Article 8
The Company shall employ subjects of the Shaikh as far as possible for all
work for which they are suited under the supervision of the Company’s skilled
employees, but if the.local supply of labour should in the judgment of the Company
be inadequate or unsuitable the Company shall have the right to import labour,
preference being given to labourers from neighbouring Arab countries who will
obey the local laws. The Company shall have the right to import skilled and
technical employees. The Company shall pay to the workmen it employs a fair
wage, such wage to be decided by the Company at the time the workmen are
engaged.
Article 9
The Shaikh shall give the Company and its employees and property all protec­
tion in his power from theft, highway robbery, assault, wilful damage and
destruction and the Company may appoint in consultation with the Shaikh and
itself pay trustworthy guards who shall at all times be subjects of the Shaikh unless
the Shaikh permits otherwise to assist in protecting the property of the Company
and its employees.
Article 10
The Company shall have the right at any time after the expiry of one year
from the date of signature of this Agreement to give the Shaikh three months notice
in writing of its intention to terminate this Agreement and this Agreement shall
absolutely determine on the date fixed for such termination in such notice.