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'File 379/1906 Railways: Aden; railway construction in Aden hinterland; Aden-Lahej Railway' [‎39r] (82/308)

The record is made up of 1 volume (150 folios). It was created in 20 Aug 1904-3 Apr 1922. 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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y°. cj.
Con jldential.
Railway,
No. 52.
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. , London,
24th June 1910.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
My Lord,
I have considered in Council the letter of Your Excellency’s
Steam tramway at Aden. Pro- Government, No. 6 Railway, of the
posed concession to Messrs. Mena- 3rd February 1910, on the subject
hem Messa for construction and of a proposal by Messrs. Menahem
W01, mg - Messa for the construction and
working of a 2 ft. G ins. gauge steam tramway at Aden from Tawahi to
the Crater, with a branch to Sheikh Othman.
2.1 our Excellency remarks that, since the proposal is limited to
British territory, it is essentially different from those which were dis
cern aged in the past, and the report of the Railway Board is almost
exclusively concerned with considerations of finance and construction as
distinguished from questions of policy. But I observe that the pro
moters frankly state that ” they “ had and still have hopes that at some
“ future time you will consider it advantageous to extend the line
beyond Sheikh Othman.” The connection between the reversion of
our political relations at Aden to their former long-established position
of a minimum of interference, and the extension of railway and other
steam communication, to which I referred in my Secret Despatch No. 30,
dated the 27th September 1907, must not be overlooked, and all schemes
tending to closer communication with the protected territories must be
examined m your Foreign Department, in order that their consequences
from the political standpoint may be fully appreciated by me before any
action is taken likely to give effect to them.
3. So far as the project is intended to connect Tawahi with the
Crater, I have no objection to it, subject to the remarks which follow.
But before deciding whether to agree to the extension to Sheikh Othman,
I desire to be informed what proportion of the land imports and exports
is likely to break bulk at Sheikh Othman and make use of this improved
means of transport; and, if it is the case that the present population of
Sheikh Othman is less than 7,000, I should wish to receive a full report
both as to the expectation of remunerative passenger traffic, and as to
the other purposes, “military, commercial, and sanitary,” which the
tramway is expected to subserve, explaining why it is regarded as “ the
“ only possible solution of the constant and ever-increasing difficulty of
“ overcrowding in Aden.”
8526. I. 1123.

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and notes, relating to proposals for the construction of a steam railway between Aden and its hinterland from 1904.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

The correspondence is followed by further discussion on extending into Aden a railway to be built from Dar-al-Amir to Nobat Dakim [Nawbatal-Dakim, Yemen; identified on map four miles north of Al'Anad but not corresponding to any actual place], on its further extension to D'thala [Aḑ Ḑāli‘, Yemen], on the permission and financial contribution sought from the Government of India, and on negotiations with local rulers and tribes. A projected line from Hodeida [Al Hudaydah, Yemen] to Sana'a is also briefly discussed in the volume.

The main correspondents are the Aden 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. , 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. in London, and the Government of India.

The volume also includes cuttings from Parliamentary debates on 'The Aden Hinterland', and a 'Map of the Proposed Railway from Aden to Nobat Dakim' on folio 114.

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1 volume (150 folios)
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The subject 379 (Railways) consists of one volume. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 152; 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. A large folded map is enclosed in a polyester sleeve, on folio 114.

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