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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [53r] (105/184)
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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Minute Paper.
Department.
to provide free of charge land required at any future
date in the same area (i.e. land which had reverted
to the Settlement authorities as surplus to military
or naval requirements but was again required by the
Defence Departments). It might have paid the Defence
Departments better to sell or lease any land in the
Cantonments Area which at any time became surplus to
their immediate needs.
3. One other point may be mentioned. The latter
part of para.4 of the War Office letter at Flag A might
perhaps, read by itself, give the impression that the
obligation resting on Colonial Governments was merely
to provide free of cost to the Defence Departments an
equivalent for lands and buildings already surrendered
by the Defence Departments to the Colony and that
anything in excess of this equivalent might be charged
for. This, however, is not the case and the wider
obligation mentioned in the first sentence of para.4
of the War Office letter is not affected by what follows
in the rest of the paragraph. This is clear from
para.11 of the Colonial Office despatch of 30th December
1894 from which the War Office quote and a copy of
which is attached below. The point is mentioned here
merely for the sake of completeness and in case of
possible misunderstanding since the Government of India
have not themselves raised it.
4. In the light of the above we should, I think,
be justified in supporting the contention of the
Admiralty that the obligation accepted by the Government
of India in 1928 to provide land at Aden free of cost
for defence purposes was a general obligation and not
limited to land situated in the old Cantonments area.
A/
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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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