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'Proposed Transfers of Aden and Somali Coast to Imperial Government; and of Persian Legation to India' [‎7v] (6/14)

The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in Jun 1890. 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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The Secretary of State replied on the 21st
January—
Yours 14th. “ Somali Coast. Already settled Egypt
defrays '’•‘U’sele^s to propose secretly second
condition to Foreign Otfice. Treasury would certainly
object, occupation being in Aden interest. Would
also involve continued dual control, very inconvenient.
I would therefore ask you to re-consider this condition
so as to enable me to arrange on basis of mine, 7th
November.”
To this Lord Lufferin answered privately
on the 22nd January that, though unwilling to
admit that the conditions insisted upon in the
telegram of the 14th January were not justi
fied, yet, if it w r as considered useless to press
them on the Foreign Office, the Government
of India assented unconditionahly to the
arrangement originally proposed. On the 25th
February we addressed the Bombay Govern
ment as follows—
w I am directed to address you in continuation of
my telegram No. 234-E., dated the 17th instant,,
regarding the affairs of the Somali Coast.
2. “ The Governor in Council was informed by that
telegram that the Government of India had accepted
the control of the Somali Cost from Has Hafuu to
Zaila, and it was requested that the primary super
vision of this coast might be undertaken by the Gov
ernment of Bombay, references on important matters
being made to the Governor-General in Council. I
am now to observe that the Consul for the Somali
Coast and his Assistants are directly subordinate to
the Indian Government in respect of the coast between
Has Hafun and Zaila, and it is desirable that their
position should be properly understood. The Govern-
nor-General in Council is prepared to leave ample
discretion in the hands of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
for the management of this coast, but inasmuch as it
is impossible at present to foresee the character of the
difficulties and complications which may arise, it is
essential that all matters of importance should be
promptly reported for the information of.the Govern
ment of India ; and particular care should be exercised
to prevent any action by the local officers which might
unnecessarily increase British responsibilities oi lead
to entanglements with the neighbouring tribes.
In the financial administration it is hoped that local
receipts will eventually cover the full cost of local
administration, including provision for the liabilities
of Government for pensions and leave allowances. The
Governor-General in Gouncil is awaie that accurate
estimates cannot at once be formed, but no time should
bo lost in placing the collection of revenues aud the
expenditure under such rules as may now be experi
mentally applied.
S. “The primary objects of Government are to
secure for Aden a supply market, to check the traffic in
slaves, and to exclude the interference of foreign
powers. It is consistent with these objects, and with
the protectorate which the Indian Government has
assumed to interfere as little as possible with the
customs of the people, and to leave them to administer
their own internal affairs. In this view, I am to
request that the Agent may be directed to furnish a
full report regarding the population of Berbera, the sys
tem of administering justice, if any, and other matters of

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This secret and confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office Press in June 1890, concerns the issue of the proposed transfer of Aden, the Somali Coast and everything connected with the Red Sea from the Government of India, and leaving British representation in Persia entirely in the hands of the Government of India. These issues are examined vis-à-vis Italian, French, German and Persian interests. The memorandum is divided into the following sections: 'Aden' (folios 5-6v), 'Somali Coast' (folios 6v-8v), 'Read Sea' (folio 8v), 'Summary' (folios 9-10) and 'Transfer of the Persian Legation to India' (folio 11).

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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 5, and terminates at folio 11, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 5-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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