'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [‎89r] (177/434)

2 . As no report regarding this individual is recorded in the Department of
Overseas Trade, I am to request that you will be so good as to forward such infor
mation regarding his nationality, business activities, commercial and financial
reputation, as will enable the Erebus Manufacturing Company, Limited, to decide
whether he is likely to prove a suitable representative for the sale of their products.
Enclosure to Serial No. (21).
Letter from the Erebus Manufacturing Company, Limited, London, to the
Department of Overseas Trade, No. J/J/LM, dated the 18th February
1935.
Some time ago, you were good enough to give us the name of Mr. J. D. Brown,
of Camp, Aden.
Mr. Brown acted satisfactorily for us for a time, and then he returned to Eng
land, but before his departure, fixed up with Mr. C. Ireland to take over our Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Mr. Ireland has now relinquished our Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , as he says it does not run in
with his other lines.
We have received a letter from Mr. M. Perera, Crescent Hotel, Aden, asking
for our Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . We shall be glad to have any information you can give us con
cerning the suitability of this man to represent us, which information we shall of
course treat as confidential.
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(Received on 6th April 1935, with Political Secretary s letter No. 12, dated the 21st
March 1935.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter dated the 13th March 1935.
Letter from the Town Clerk, Guildhall, Hull, to the Colonial Office,
No. JB/WHH/PAI, dated the 1st March 1935.
Deportation of Coloured Seamen.
I have been instructed to take the necessary steps to obtain the certificate of the
Stipendiary Magistrate under the Aliens Order, 1920, with respect to certain Arab
seamen who have been in receipt of relief, with a view to the men being deported.
Some of the Arabs claim that they were born in Aden, and, hence, although
they are registered as Aliens, some question may arise in the course of the proceed
ings as to whether they are not British Subjects.
I am aware, of course, that the onus is entirely upon the alleged Aliens to show
that they are British Subjects, but for the purpose of the proceedings I am desirous
of having an authoritative statement as to the status of the various parts of the
Aden territory.
The position, so far as I can gather, would seem to be that the town of Aden
itself, together with Perim, form for legal purposes part of British India and are
part of the British Dominions, while there is a considerable territory in addition
which is merely a British Protectorate. If this is correct a person born either in
the town of Aden or Perim is a British Subject, while one born in the Protectorate is
an Alien.
I shall be glad to be furnished with a statement from the Colonial Office as to
the status of the various parts of the territory, and also as to the dates on which
the present status became operative as, of course, the aliens with whom I am con
cerned will have been born some considerable time ago.
Enclosure to Serial No. (22).
Letter from the Colonial Office, to the Town Clerk, Guildhall, Hull,
No. 78020/35, dated the 13th March 1935.
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister to acknowledge Hie
receipt of your letter (JB/WHH/PAI) of the 1st of March regarding the deportation
of coloured seamen, and to convey to you the following information in reply to
your enquiry as to the status of various parts of Aden.