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Coll 1/67 'Aden. Changes in administration in the event of separation from India: miscellaneous questions' [18v] (36/769)
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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No. 3877 , dated Aden, the 18 th June, 1934 -
The following Notification by the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department
is republished for general information.
Simla, 15 th May, 1934 .
No. 199-N.—In exercise of the power conferred by section 3 f the
1932 (II of 1932), the Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that the ^^D artment
shall be made in the Notification of the Government of India in the Foreign and 1 ohtical Department,
No. 171-N, dated the 1 st April, 1932, namely:— ,
For the Schedule to the said Notification the following Schedule shall be substituted, name y
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Acts of the Governor-General in Council.
1 . The Indian Penal Code ) 1860 (Act XLY of 1860), sections 54 and 55.
2 . The Court Fees Act, 1870 (VII of 1870), sections 20 and 22.
3 . The Suits Valuation Act, 1887 (VII of 1887), section 9.
4 . The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890), section 50.
5 . The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), sections 335, 401, 402 and 554.
6 . The Indian Extradition Act, 1903 (XV of 1903), sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 19 (a).
7. The Indian Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908), sections 4, 5, 6 , 7, 17(1), 33(1), (2) and (3), 34,
35, 36(1) and (2) and (5) (c) and ( 6 ), 37(1) and (2), 46, 47, 49, 50 and 64.
8 . The Destruction of Records Act, 1917 (V of 1917), section 3.
Acts of the Indian Legislature.
9 . The Indian Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925), section 300.
10 . The Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926 (XXXVIII of 1926), section 13.
Regulation made by the Governor-General of India in Council.
11 . The Aden Arms (Sea-traffic) Regulation, 1910 (III of 1910), sections 4, 5, 6 , 8 , 12 and 13.
Acts of the Governor of Bombay in Council.
12 . The Bombay Abkari Act, 1878 (Bombay Act V of 1878), sections 9, 19, 20, 30 and 35(1).
13. The Aden Port Trust Act, 1888 (Bombay Act V of 1888), sections 3, 5, 6 , 7, 11 A,
13 (d), 14(1), 19(4) ( 6 ), 20, proviso (a), 25(2) (a) and (b), 27(2), 40(2), 57, 58 (g),
61, 62, 63, 64(2), 65(1) and (3), 66(2), 76, 77, 78, 79(1) and (2) and 80.
14. The Bombay District Police Act, 1890 (Bombay Act IV of 1890)—All powers of the
local Government except those under section 39A.
Bombay Regulation.
15. The State Prisoners Regulation, 1827 (Bombay Regulation XXV of 1827), sections 1 , 2 ,
3, 4, 5, 7 and 9.
(Signed) E. A. F. Metcalfe,
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
Draft Estimates for a future budget have been prepared, based on the figures of revenue and
expenditure of the last three years, 1932-33 to 1934-35, and on anticipated revenue and expenditure
after the transfer. ^
Leave and Pension Contributions for Gazetted Officers lent by the Government of India on
deputation to the Aden Administration have been calculated at 40 per cent throughout in accordance
U 4 th Fundamental Ruk 116, Government of India's decision (l)(ii), and in the case of subordinate
Establishments at 12 £ per cent (or £th) Deputation allowances have been calculated at 20 oer cent
of the pay of the officers concerned. ^
( 1 ) General Administration. As the Civil Secretary is an officer of the Foreien and Political
Department of the Government of India, Pension and Leave Contributions, Passage and Deputation
allowance have been provided. b ^
2 . (a) District Administration. Pay for Government Agent, Perim, has been nrovided at thn
STconstdeltfon 500 '- ^ “ a11 ™' P « futum ar^ments ‘am
Leave and Pension Contributions and Deputation allowance for the Extra Assistant
“/adrr n0 ‘ Pr ° Vided “ he ^ 3 l0Ca " y reCrUited ° fficCT ' and doernot Sg to any
On the revenue side, the sum of Rs. 1,692 will probablv disannpar if Co+o
officer of their own as Superintendent of Sheikh Othman “P 1 *” lf the S ottl<™ent appoint an
(c) Aden Treasury. No provision has been made for pay of officer* a* fLo r? * a • .
Commissioner is in charge of the Department. ^ ’ aS ^ xtra Assistant
{d) Trade Registration Department. No provision has been mad- for of m
Department is in charge of the Secretary, Aden Port Trust, who receives no P xta mmun^tffin
o, th^Efriss 1 sffi 0 nt P Co V mmL»ne P r ay ° f ^ ^ ^ Apartment is in charge
(4) Stamps. Cost of printing which is not known has to be taken into account
Sessions Judge is in charge of the department andtecdves^no exUmmuneration ^ DiStriCt ^
and deputation allowanJ ii the Re^dar^asde do^nd beTong^^Tny Man^ctdre 0011 ^ 11311110115
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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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