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Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement' [6r] (11/60)
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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the residents to demand a pipe in their own houses since
they do not like sending their women out to take the water
from the public pump.
With regard to the apparent inhospitality of warning
new arrivals at Aden that care must he taken with water
by means of a notice board, Sir Bernard Reilly reminds me
that those coming into Aden will not be weary travellers,
to whom water is the-greatest boon, since only thirty miles
av/ay at the beginning of the hills there is a running river
and a green oasis, and that they will realise on coming
to Aden that they are coming to an exceptionally situated
place from one which is naturally favoured. Therefore he
does not think that the bad impression which you envisage
will be created.
I thought I would at any rate put to him your point
of view and I have no doubt that it is always wise to
ventilate any question of this sort, particularly as it
concerns the one important boon of water.
It was very nice seeing you the other day, and we
shall hope to see you again at Stanstead in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd•) R.A.BUTLER
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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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- Title
- Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:17v, 20r:29v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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