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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [2r] (3/184)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1934-22 Apr 1937. 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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It is requested that in any further communi
cation on this subject the under-mentioned letter
and number may be quoted, and the reply
addressed to —
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.
,
WHITEHALL
The Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
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.
,
LONDON, SAV. 1.
20th April, 1937«
I am directed hy the Secretary of State for India to refer
to the correspondence of which copies were sent to the Colonial
Office under the printed letter from this Office, dated 5th
February Ho.P.S.730/37# regarding the acquisition of
an additional site for an Admiralty oil fuel storage tank at
Aden. I am now to enclose, for the information of the
Dated / Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a letter from
31st /
March/ the Government of India, from which it will be seen that
oo far ao the Government of India are concerned they would
have had no objection to waiving recovery of the rent of
2 pieo per square yard in respect of the site in question.
As the administration of the Aden Settlement is now a
matter for the Colonial Office, Lord Zetland assumes that
Mr. Secretary Qmsby-Gore will pursue this question with the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
A
I am. Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
:> IQ
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.F.l.
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The file contains papers regarding the proposed expansion of the Admiralty fuel depot on the Maalla plain [Al Ma'alla] near Aden harbour. The file mainly consists of correspondence between the Admiralty, 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, the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Aden Port Trust, and the Government of India Foreign Department.
The topics discussed include: possible sites for the enlargement, with reference made to Admiralty Chart No. 3660; the appointment of a Civil Engineer to conduct a site survey; the possibility of the Admiralty acquiring the land free of charge, under the terms of a 1928 agreement which stated that Crown land in the charge of a municipal authority or local body could be made available free of cost for imperial purposes; and negotiations with the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, to acquire a harbour site currently occupied by them.
The file includes Admiralty map 504/36 (folio 22) showing a section of the Aden harbour and the area identified for the fuel depot expansion.
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).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (92 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; 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/12/1491
- Title
- Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:21v, 23r:91v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence