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Coll 1/53 'Aden. Enlargement of naval oil fuel storage' [55r] (109/184)
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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Draft Paper
P.Z.2782/35
POLITICAL
Department.
DRAFT LETTER.
AIR MAIL.
The Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India,
F.& P.Department,
SIMLA.
Copy
£0 MM 1936
Aden
/
Admiralty® & MAY J936
2 7 MAY 1935
Sir,
3436a 5000 1.35
I am directed hy the S/S for I. to
CE in C
refer to Admiralty letter Lo.^ 6 ^^ 35 ' /Y5b
of 18th April, 1935, (a copy of which was
forwarded to the G.of I. hy the air mail
of 26th April, 1935, under Do.P.Z.2782/35)
and to the previous correspondence ending
with the G.of I's telegram Ro.28-0R of
27th March, 1935, on the subject of the
site required hy the Admiralty at Aden
for the construction of additional oil
fuel storage tanks. It will he observed
from the Admiralty letter under reference
that the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty were unaware that the general
obligation accepted by the G.of I. in
1928 to provide land at Aden free of
cost for defence purposes was limited to
lands situated in the old Cantonments
area and that they have pointed out that
no such limitation is expressed in the
correspondence of which copies were sent
to the Admiralty at that time.
2. After careful examination of
the correspondence which passed between
1927 and 1930 on the subject of the
absorption of the old Cantonments area
into the Settlement of Aden, and in
particular H.E. the Viceroy's telegram
D 0 . 68 OS of 28th March 1928 in which the
G.of I. accepted a "general obligation
similar/
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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
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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