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Article 25

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Article 26
The Shaikh maly select in consultation with the Local Representative of the
Company a local man-conversant with the English Language-to act as a c°n-
fident.a1 person as between the Shaikh and the Company'! Representative andTo
Shaikhs rn°CrUinnf lihC labour that ll?e Company may require. The salary of the
fhe Shlikh ^ n" ? oS°n 50 aPP°n?tc,<? *ha11 bc l’aid by the Company, through
(40W perkmonth 3 "^aiWa'n and sha bc at thc rale of RuPccs Four hundred

Article 27
This Agreement is written in English and translated into Arabic. If there
should at any time bc disagreement as to the meaning or interpretation of any
clause m this Agreement thc English text shall prevail.
In witness whereof the parties to this Agreement have set their hands the Day
and Year first above written: —
And God is Gracious.
(Signed) Ahmad bin Rashid. (Signed) B. H. Lermitte.

(a)

Written Statement by the Ruler of Umin-al-Qaiwain, dated November 16, 1951,
confirming that the Terms of the 1945 Agreement include the Sea-bed in
the Territory of Umm-al-Qaiwain
I Shaikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Mu’alla, Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, confirm
my agreement that the wording of Article 1 (a) of the Oil Concession Agreement
signed on 20th March, 1945, has the following meaning:
The area to which this Agreement applies is the State of Umm-al-Qaiwain,
including all Islands and Territorial waters appertaining thereto and all the sea-bed
and subsoil under these Territorial Waters, including the Territorial Waters of the
Islands, and all the sea-bed and subsoil lying beneath the waters which lie outside
the Territorial waters of Umm-al-Qaiwain and contiguous to the Territorial waters
of Umm-al-Qaiwain over which the Ruler’s jurisdiction and control extends or
may hereafter extend, or which now or hereafter may form part of the areas over
which the Ruler has or may have mineral rights (hereinafter referred to as “ The
State ”) being all that Territory included in the Shaikdom of Umm-al-Qaiwain.
The Shaikh agrees that when a delimitation of the lands and the waters apper­
taining to the State of Umm-al-Qaiwain have been determined the area covered by
the Concession will be coterminous with the limits so determined.
(Signed) Ahmad bin Rashid.

(b)
Letter dated November 16, 1951, from Petroleum Concessions, Limited, to thc
Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, informing him of the Company’s Decision to
Increase the Yearly Amount paid to him under Article 5 (c) of the 1945
Concession Agreement
We have the pleasure to inform you that the Company has decided to increase

seventy-five thousand) commencing from the date of this letter. This amount will
be paid every three months at the rate of Rs. 18,750/- (Rupees eighteen thousand
seven hundred and fifty).

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