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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [‎7r] (13/184)

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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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(COPIES
CIRCULATED)
JL&JLjLJ LJ Q-F .. T E L E S R A M. -
Prom Chief Conmissioner, Aden,
io Secretary of State for
Indi a.
Dated Aden, 23rd December, 1936.
Received 2.15 p.m., 23rd December, 1936.
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2S21L Reference to your letter P^Zo5575/36 of 19th ?
19365 , to Foreign and Political Department, Government of India?
regarding the resumption of the site from the a eager! 03
Maritimes Company for the Admiralty,
Chairman of Aden Port Trust states that compenaation of
£1500 offered (? by, omitted) Admiralty was inadequate as
against £4012 claimed by Maesageries Mari times Company and that
he had suggested £2000 as being fair compensation, to which
Principals, Measageries Mari times, hare now agreed,,
I understand that the Admiralty have intimated that they
would seek authority for payment of compensation of £2000, if
Mnis figure was considered as tending to fair settlement by me*
I agree that compensation now proposed is equitable*
24 DEC 1930
fJD £ OFFICE

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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)
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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 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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