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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [5r] (9/184)
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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Admiralty to refer 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.
letter dated 28th
December 1936 No. P.Z*9125/36 concerning the site for an
Oil Fuel Storage Tank at Aden, and to a.cquaint you for the
information of the Secretary of State for India that My
Lords have approved the payment of £2,000 as compensation
for the buildings on the site. Payment of this sum will
be made on completion of any necessary legal document by
which the Messageries Maritimes Co. will relinquish the
land and buildings to the Port Trust.
Possession of the land and buildings will be
taken by the Admiralty as soon as the Port Trust give
i»heir consent, and while it has hitherto been assumed that
Admiralty occupation would be on the same terms as the
Messageries Maritimes Cie. held the land viz: an annual
rental at 2 pies per square yard (approximately £6 per
annum), My Lord_s desire to know whether following the
precedent of Their occupation of the main storage site
rent free (
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.
reference No. P.Z.5439/35, 13th
August 1935), and for the sake of uniformity this rental
The Under Secretary of State, of...
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,
sf S.W.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).
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- 1 file (92 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 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