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Coll 1/1 'The Resident, Aden: appointment of a successor to Sir G S Symes' [79r] (157/212)
The record is made up of 1 file (106 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1944. 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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11/2/31
cai and commercial, and study Red 5ea trade conditions general
ly, including the question of Abyssinian trade and the receht
growth at Jibouti as a distributing and shipping centre in com
petition with Aden. I think therefore I aay properly lay claim
to some special qualifications - in a knowledge of the people,
the language and local conditions - which would be of value in
the appointment I seek.
4* I resigned my post as Grovernor-General of the Sudan in
1926 after a difference of opinion with my advisers and owing
to ill-health: copy of the official statement is attached. In
1928 the Secretary of State for the Dominions offered me the
appointment of Governor of Newfoundland, which for financial and
other reasons I was unable to accept . For one thing I felt
that my training and experience fitted/Inn rather for a post in
volving native administration.
5. I am now extremely anxious, at the age of 48, and again
in good health, to be nominated to the post of Resident at Aden
and I hope that the Secretary of State for India may favourably
consider this application.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Archer.
The-l-e-rraanent—Under Sawe-tary
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The file contains correspondence between various Government departments regarding: the appointment of a successor to Sir Stewart Symes as Resident, Aden; the nomination and appointment of Sir Bernard Rawson Reilly; extension of Reilly's contract as Chief Commissioner; and overpayment of emoluments to Reilly in 1931. There is also a draft broadcast note dated 1944 announcing that Reginald Stuart Champion will take over as Governor of Aden in succession of John Hathorn Hall.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio one).
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- 1 file (106 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequences commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 106; 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/12/1443
- Title
- Coll 1/1 'The Resident, Aden: appointment of a successor to Sir G S Symes'
- Pages
- 78r:79v
- Author
- Archer, Sir Geoffrey Francis
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