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Coll 1/67 'Aden. Changes in administration in the event of separation from India: miscellaneous questions' [‎9v] (18/769)

The record is made up of 1 file (384 folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1936-15 Nov 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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are willing to do so for one chaplain but are not prepared to pay any part of the cost of a
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the establishment will have to be reduced from two chaplains to one. In my opinion
this would be an undesirable result, as I do not think that one chapiain is sufficient and
the absence of a second chaplain leaves no provision tor sickness 01 ^mt , d
absence If it is eventually decided to increase the permanent garrison of Aden I hope
that the Air Ministry will modify their view and will agree to bear a proportionate share
of the cost of two chaplains. At present the! Air Ministry pay an annual contnbut o o
Rs.450 in respect of the maintenance of Churches and Rs.450 tor the maintenance of
cemeteries. I recommend that these contributions should continue to be made.
Point 12. Lunatic Asylum—li was agreed at the 1933 meeting that the best course
would be, if the Government of India saw no objection, to permit the existing practice ot
sending lunatics from Aden to India to continue, possibly for a srna agree paymen
per head by the new Aden Administration. I do not know whether this matter has been
taken up with the Government of India: if not, I suggest that this be done now.
Point 13. Rate of Income Tax.—This has been dealt with under Point 1.
The question whether officers serving under the Civil and Political Administration
should pay British income tax depends on the decision with regard to the framing
of the budget. If all officers are paid from the Aden budget, and a grant-in-aid received
from His Majesty’s Government, the officers would be liable to Aden income tax and
not to British income tax.
At present the Government of India receive an agreed sum of £500 from
His Majesty’s Government towards income tax on the salaries of Military and Air Force
personnel and Political Officers, who are exempted from Indian income tax. A similar
amount may be expected from His Majesty’s Government after the separation.
Point 14. Transfer of Government Buildings .—At the 1933 meeting I suggested
that the most satisfactory course would be that all Government buildings should be
transferred free by the Government of India to His Majesty s Government who would,
in their turn, transfer them to the new Aden Administration. Ihis piocedure would be
in accordance with the course adopted with regard to military buildings at Aden owned
by the Government of India when the military control of Aden was transferred to
the Air Ministry. Similarly, when the Air Ministry found that some of these buildings
were surplus to their requirements, they were returned free of cost to the Government
of India, who, in their turn, transferred them free of cost to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
who handed them over, also free of cost, to the, Aden Settlement.
The above remarks refer to the fourteen points that were discussed at the meeting
held in London in 1933. I propose now to comment on certain other points which, in
my opinion, also require consideration.
Point 15. Budget .—At present the finances of Aden and of the Aden Protectorate
are entirely separate, the former being controlled by the Government of India and the
latter by the Colonial Office. A budget for Aden is submitted annually to the Foreign
and Political Department of the Government of India, and all receipts and expenditure
are credited and debited to the Government of India. Aden has no separate financial
existence. Income tax due from several firms doing business in Aden is collected
from their head offices in India and not from their branches in Aden. The accounts of
the Post Office and Telephones and of the Mercantile Marine Department (including
Lighthouses), which are directly administered by the Government of India and not
through the Chief Commissioner, are dealt with in India and not in Aden, and do not
appear in the Aden budget. The latter therefore in its present form is not an accurate
presentation of Aden’s financial position as a whole. After the transfer there will have
to be a comprehensive budget showing all Aden Government revenue and expenditure,
and, as both Aden and the Aden Protectorate will then be under the control of the
Colonial Office, the question arises whether the Aden and the Aden Protectorate budgets
should be combined. This is a point on which I desire instructions. I suggest that there

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The file contains correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding administrative changes to be made upon the transfer of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The file consists primarily of correspondence between: the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly); 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 Colonial Office; and the Government of India Home, Foreign and Political, Finance, and Reforms Departments.

The file has been divided into the following bundles:

  • 1. Memoranda, ff 5-73;
  • 2. Flag, ff 74-79;
  • 3. New buildings, ff 80-86;
  • 4. Pension rights of Indian personnel, ff 87-95;
  • 5. Personnel, ff 96-184;
  • 6. Judicial and Revenue Stamps, ff 185-910;
  • 7. Position of Consuls, ff 191-197;
  • 8. Printing Press, ff 198-203;
  • 9. Provident Fund, ff 204-210;
  • 10. Application of international treaties and extradition conventions, motor vehicles (international rules), ff 211-325;
  • 11. Future financial arrangements in regard to salt, income tax, supply of opium etc., ff 326-384.

The bundle titled 'Memoranda' contains a copy of Reilly's 'Note on Fourteen Points connected with the Transfer of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, discussed at the Foreign Office in 1933', plus a copy of Aden. Question of Transfer. Papers, 1933 (Middle East No. 50), and related correspondence.

The bundle titled 'Personnel' concerns the issue of retaining Indian administrative personnel at Aden following the transfer, on their existing terms of service, for a period of five years. The correspondence also concerns the position of the District and Sessions Judge, which upon transfer would change to become Judge of the Supreme Court of Aden; the appointment of James Taylor Lawrence to the post upon the retirement of G B Constantine is discussed.

The bundle titled 'Provident Fund' concerns the creation of a new General Provident Fund at Aden upon transfer. Reilly proposes that the Government of India transfer over to Aden any monies standing to the credit of Indian service personnel retained permanently; the Government of India propose that the monies should be cancelled out against the value of buildings, civil debt and pecuniary liabilities etc. involved in the transfer.

The bundle titled 'International Treaties' concerns the applicability to Aden, upon transfer, of various international agreements, and discusses the need to formally notify foreign governments of the change. Folios 297-321 include lists of treaties, conventions etc. which applied to both India and Burma, drawn up upon the separation of Burma in 1935. Extradition treaties and international motor agreements are discussed in particular detail.

The bundle titled 'Future Financial Arrangements' contains notes on budget administration, financial management, the issue of the salt tax, income tax, customs arrangements, and the importation and control of opium and other regulated substances. Draft estimates based on the figures of revenue and expenditure for the years 1932-1935 are included at folios 371-383.

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 2).

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1 file (384 folios)
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The file has been divided into eleven bundles, according to subject. Within the bundles, materials are arranged in rough chronological order, from the rear to the front.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 384; 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. The back of the external cover has not been foliated.

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