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Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement' [‎2r] (3/60)

The record is made up of 1 file (30 folios). It was created in 17 Dec 1934-7 Jul 1936. 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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6 th July t 1936 *
By all m^ans send to your host
in Aden the letter which I sent to you on the
86th June about the water supply. May thanks
for giving me a chance of saying whether I
objected.
in
Mrs. ridley.
Wood House,
Little Waltham,
Chelmsford.

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The file contains two sets of papers. The first set, dated 1934, concerns arrangements for the Aden Settlement to receive a loan of 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. from the Aden Port Trust. The loan was intended to repay a previous Government loan, obtained to fund water and drainage schemes in Aden. This material consists of minutes of the Aden Port Trust, and correspondence between the Chairman of the Aden Settlement, the Aden Chief Commissioner, and the Government of India Department of Commerce.

The second set of papers, dated 1936, consist of correspondence between Dorothy Newport-Ridley and Richard Austin Butler MP. Ridley informs Butler of her visit to Aden in April 1936, and enquires into the use of the water supply for irrigation and drinking purposes. The papers include Butler's response to the enquiry, and correspondence with the Aden Resident.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

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1 file (30 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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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Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement' [‎2r] (3/60), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1493, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100030265855.0x000004> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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