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                                      Article 50
            All dales shall be fixed and all periods of time computed hereunder in accord­
        ance with the European calendar. Official holidays occurring at the beginning
        of or within any period of time shall be included in the computation of any such
        period; provided, however, that, if the last day of any such period shall be such
        a holiday, the period shall be deemed to be extended to include the next ensuing
        business day.

                                      Article 51
            This agreement shall not be modified or amended, except by mutual agree­
        ment of the parties hereto.

                                      Article 52
            Any notice or other communication to be given to the Government hereunder
        shall be addressed to His Excellency the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia,
        at Jeddah.
            Any notice or other communication required to be given to the Company
        hereunder shall be addressed to its offices at Jeddah.
            Any notice or other communication required to be given by the Company
        hereunder shall be written in both Arabic and English, shall be signed and shall be
        given in such reasonable number of copies as shall be requested by the
        Government.
                                      Article 53
            This agreement shall be signed in quadruplicate, two of such signed originals
        being in the Arabic language and two thereof in the English language. One of such
        signed originals in Arabic and one in English shall be retained by each of the parties
        hereto. All of such signed originals shall be entitled to equal weight.

                                     Article 54
           This agreement shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the
        respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
           In witness whereof each of the parties hereto has caused this agreement to be
       signed on its behalf the day and year first above written.
         Barnabas B. Hadfield,               Abdulla Sulaiman al Hamdan,
                      Vice-President.                     Minister of Finance.
           On Behalf of Pacific Western.       On Behalf of the Government of
                                                 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
       Attest:                             Attest:
         Paul T. Walton,                     Ahmed Bey Tewfik,
                      Assistant Secretary.     Legal Adviser to the Government.






        C—THE ISLANDS OF KUBBAR, QARU AND UMM-AL-MARADIM

                                       No. 8

       Agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait and the American Independent Oil
                          Company, dated September 22, 1949
           In the name of God the merciful.
           This is an agreement made at Kuwait on the 22nd day of September in
       the year 1949, corresponding to the 30th day of Zoulka’ada in the year 1368
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