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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [34r] (67/184)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
Copy of a memorandum dated Aden, 16th July 1935,
from the Chairman, Aden Port Trust, to the Civil
Secretary, Aden.
With reference to copies of correspondence
forwarded under your endorsement No.C-455 dated 12th
July 1935, I am to say that no scheme for the provision
of an additional "al tide" berth for oil bunkering to
the westward of the existing oil berths is at present
under consideration by the Trustees of the Port.
In pursuance of the progressive policy adopted
by the Port, the possibility of the need for expansion
in that direction at some future date has, however, not
been lost sight of and the undersigned has given some
thought to what would be the most suitable existing berth
to which oiling facilities could be extended if the
demand arose but the matter has not progressed further
than that as no request for additional berths has been
received from the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd. who provide
at their own expense the actual installations from the
storage tanks ashore to the berths.
In the absence of any demand from the Oil Company
for further facilities, despite the fact that 6434,000
tons of Oil were supplied to Shipping last financial year
without delay to any vessel, it is not considered that
the equipment of the Port in this respect can be described
as "restricted".
The interest taken by the Admiralty in the matter
and their projected programme for the construction of a
large number of additional storage tanks at Aden opens
up another aspect of the question however.
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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).
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- 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