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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [60r] (119/184)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1934-22 Apr 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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market value of the fee simple of the Crown lands so given
over.
Should new lands or buildings not be immediately
required for defensive purposes, the above-mentioned
proceeds would stand in the special account to the debit of
the colonial government to be paid out in the same way, in
the event of funds being ever required in the future for
providing lands or buildings for defensive purposes.
6 . Whenever the colony desires to retain any lands which
the military authorites give up, such lands, instead of
being offered for sale, would be valued, and the market
value of their fee simple at date of surrender would be
entered in the special account to debit of the colonial
government, together with the fair selling value at that
date of any buildings which might be upon that land. In the
event of the surrender of any buildings now existing, which in
the past were erected at colonial cost, it would only be
necessary to record the value of the site. The amounts so
entered would be paid out as required for the provision of
the lands or buildings for the defensive purposes of the
colony, and the amounts, as in the case of sale, credited to
the colonial government, the like credit being given in the
event of new sites being provided on Crown lands. Should
no new lands or buildings be immediately required the
amounts entered would remain to the debit of the colonial
government until such time, if ever, as lands or buildings
should become necessary for defensive purposes.
7. Valuation of lands or buildings, when required under
the circumstances above mentioned, should be made by the
colonial and military authorities conjointly, or in the
event of their disagreeing, by an independent and competent
iSurveyor, to be chosen by agreement between the home and
colonial/
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1491
- Title
- Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:21v, 23r:91v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence