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Coll 1/55 'Aden. Water and drainage schemes: loan by the Aden Port Trust to the Aden Settlement' [21r] (41/60)
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
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.
,
Aden, 29th Septerdber 1934.
From
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Bernard Reilly,
K. C. M. Gr., C. I. E., 0 * B• E.,
Chief Commissioner, Aden.
To
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Department of Commerce,
Simla.
/7
Loan of Rs.three
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
by the
Aden
Aden Port Trust to the
Settlement.
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51 .
Sir,
I have the honour to state that the Aden Settle-*
ment have applied for a loan of Rs. three
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
fran the
Aden Port Trust, which the latter have agreed to advance
on conditions set out in the Trustees Resolutions nos.
3 and 66 dated 12th April and 28th July 1934 respective
ly.
2. The object of the loan as indicated in the
Chairman, Aden Settlement’s letter No.2340 dated 27th
April 1934, a copy of which is attached, is to repay
the Government loan of Rs. 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
out of Rs. 8
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
originally sanctioned by the Government of India in the
Foreign and Political Department letter NO.F.33-A-31
dated-,26th June 1931 in connection with the Water and
^'-•’."'’'.“Drainage Schemes (the balance being met from the Aden
Settlement fund) and thereby to save the interest
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pared with 4i$, at which the port Trustees have agreed
to grant the loan.
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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'
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:17v, 20r:29v, back-i, back
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