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(a) lie should be informed that “ the contents of his letter are noted ”
instead ol that ‘ ‘ the election has been noted ’ and ’
(b) tlie word “ forma 1 ” should be omitted before “ recognition ” in
11 hmi that the recognition of his successor must be deferred
untl * til(3 ^tter s actual succession to the Sultanate.
Colonel Reilly, who has been consulted, agrees with these modifications.
(35)
(deceived on 19th August 1933, with Political Secretary’s letter No. 31 dated
3rd August 1933.)
Enclosure in Colonial Office covering letter No. 17953133, dated 31st July 1933
Eetteii from ihf. Colonial Office, to the Resident at Aden, No. 1 dated the
iTH January 1933.
* ,lave ! l ‘ e honour to refer to your despatch No. 212, of the 26th of October
1932, regarding the stipend issuable to His Highness Sultan ’Omar bin ’Awadh
and, in reply to mtorm you that I have caused your proposal to pav this S
he aiieais ot stipend which have accrued since the 1st April 1927, P to be referred
ti the Holds Commissioners of the Treasury for consideration Their Lord
slaps have now replied that they do not feel able to authorise the issue of sfx
. cais an ears ot stipend in this case and have expressed the view that pavment
ot arrears tor a period ot three years would be a reasonable limit of concession
agree with this view although I recognise that some difficulty might be ex
perienced m resisting payment of the whole of the arrears which have •icenie'd
m the event of the Sultan invoking his Treaty ol,ligations. I aicordingh now
convey to you my formal sanction to payment to the Sultan of arrears o/etipend
lor a period of three years from the 1st of April 1930, to the 31st of March 1933
inclusive, and provided you see no objection, payment should, if possible be
made before the 31st of March 1933, in order to permit of the charge fallimr
aganist the provision for stipends for the current financial vear, which it is
anticipated will be sufficient to meet this small unforeseen liability. The esti
mate ior stipends tor 1933(34 will accordingly be reduced bv the figure of ‘-*394
understood to be included therein in respect of the six years arrears which you
recommended should be paid m this case. ‘
legards paragraph 5 of your despatch, I have to inform vou that I
agree that the practice of allowing stipends to accumulate for a long period
shoukl be discouraged and I accordingly approve your proposal that, in future
a limit of one year should be imposed as the maximum time for which arrears
may be claimed.
Enclosure 1 to Serial No. (35).
Letter from the Resident, Aden, to the Colonial Office, No. 150 dated vhr
28th June 1933. ’
iqqJi Q aV - G i th v hf f Q ° r ^ t0 refe , r to your de& Patch No. 1, dated the 4th January
h 0 ' ( ,n )L r ^ ar , d A mg Payment of arrears of stipend to His
Highness Sultan Omar bin Awadh of Shi-hr and Mukalla, and to enclose for
>our information copies of the correspondence noted below which has passed
between this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and His Highness on the subject :
(1) Translation of letter No. 527, dated the 28th March 1933, from the
Mukalla SeCretary to His Hi S hliess Sultan of Shihr and
(2) Letter dated the 25th May 1933, from His Highness the Sultan of
Slunr and Mukalla.
(3) Letter No. 4108, dated the 28th .Time 1933. from the Acting Resident to
His Highness the Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla.
Enclosure 2 to Serial No. (35).
Translation of letter from the Resident, Aden, t 0 His Htchness the OuHttt
Sultan, No. 527, dated the 28th March 1933. *
n 1 l Vifl i O 7o f0renee 7 O Y .? ur HWmess’a discussion with Colonel Lake on 4th
October 1932, regarding the arrears of the stipend due to you, we write to in-