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Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary' [12r] (23/886)
The record is made up of 1 file (442 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1925-20 Jul 1940. 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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Communications on this subject
should be addressed to—
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.l.
and the following
Number quoted: /40
Sir,
©
Downing Street.
/$ February, 1940.
I am directed dy Mr. Secretary MacDonald to
refer to your letter No. P. Z. 8086/39 of the 4th
January, regarding the retention of the services of
Major M. G. Sinclair as Civil Secretary in Aden and to
request you to inform the Secretary of State for India
that it is proposed to abolish the posts of Civil
Secretary and Political Secretary in Aden following the
creation of the new post of Chief Secretary.
In these circumstances Mr. MacDonald proposes
if the Government of India agree, that Major Sinclair
should relinquish his appointment as Civil Secretary with
effect from the 28th May and that arrangements should
oe made for his reversion to the service of the Government
of India from that date.
S. Mr. MacDonald would he obliged if, provided
Lord Zetland sees no objection, the Government of India
could be asked whether this arrangement is satisfactory
THE UNDER SECRETARY OP STATE
FOR INDIA,
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
to
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The file contains correspondence regarding leave arrangements for Government officials in Aden, including the Resident (later Chief Commissioner, and then Governor), the Assistant Residents, the Protectorate Secretary, the Civil Secretary, and the District Magistrate. The following topics are discussed: the temporary secondment of officials to cover positions; the pay and allowances due to officials assuming temporary positions to cover leave; the proportion of funds to be contributed by 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. and the Colonial Office; and the suitability of officials for particular posts.
The correspondence dated between 1932-1933 also contains references to the treaty negotiations conducted between the Resident (Sir Bernard Reilly) and the Imam of Yemen. Correspondence dated between 1934-1935 contains references to the transfer of the civil administration of the Aden Protectorate from the Government of India to the Colonial Office.
The principal correspondents are: the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, then Governor); 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. Political Department (John Charles Walton, Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite); the Colonial Office (Hubert Russell Cowell, F J Howard, Kenneth William Blaxter), and the Foreign and Political Department, Government of India (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler).
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 (folios 1-2).
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- 1 file (442 folios)
- Arrangement
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 442; 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/12/1457
- Title
- Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:134v, 135ar, 135br, 135r:435v, 439r:441v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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