Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage'

Content

The file contains papers regarding the proposed expansion of the Admiralty fuel depot on the Maalla plain [Al Ma'alla] near Aden harbour. The file mainly consists of correspondence between the Admiralty, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department, the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Aden Port Trust, and the Government of India Foreign Department.

The topics discussed include: possible sites for the enlargement, with reference made to Admiralty Chart No. 3660; the appointment of a Civil Engineer to conduct a site survey; the possibility of the Admiralty acquiring the land free of charge, under the terms of a 1928 agreement which stated that Crown land in the charge of a municipal authority or local body could be made available free of cost for imperial purposes; and negotiations with the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, to acquire a harbour site currently occupied by them.

The file includes Admiralty map 504/36 (folio 22) showing a section of the Aden harbour and the area identified for the fuel depot expansion.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

Extent and format

1 file (92 folios)

It is grouped into

'ADEN. ADMIRALTY OIL FUEL STORAGE'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/1491, f 22

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/1491

Former external reference(s)

Coll 1/53

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Jun 1934-22 Apr 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

The correspondence makes reference to the following chart held at the UK National Archives:

Reference: CO 1047/24

Admiralty Chart 3660: 'Aden Harbour'. Engraved. 1:62,120

See http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3003797 [accessed 27 Jan 2016]

Subjects

Oil tanks

Places

Al Ma'allā'

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentAdmiraltyChief Commissioner, AdenAden Port Trust

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