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Coll 1/67 'Aden. Changes in administration in the event of separation from India: miscellaneous questions' [19r] (37/769)
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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(7) Aden District Prison. The Civil Surgeon is ex officio in charge of the Department and
receives a charge allowance of Rs. 100 /- per mensem.
A sum of Rs. 1,000/- has been provided as supervision charges payable to the Bombay
Government. This item will probably be eliminated on transfer.
( 8 ) Police. A contribution of £8,000/- received from His Majesty’s Government on account
of Armed Police has been entered on the Revenue side.
(9) Ecclesiastical Department. Proposals are under consideration. At present the Air Ministry
pay |ths of the pay of one Chaplain, and a contribution of Rs.450/- for Maintenance of Churches,
and Rs.450/- for Maintenance of Cemeteries. This amount has been entered on the Revenue side.
( 10 ) Education. On the Revenue side there may be a reduction of Rs.5,000/- if the present
contribution from the Port Trust > the suitability of which has been questioned by the Government
of India, ceases.
(11) Medical.—Civil Administrative Medical Officer. The Port Health Officer is in charge of
the Department ex officio and receives no extra remuneration.
(11) Medical.—European General Hospital. The Port Health Officer is also in charge of the
European General Hospital.
An approximate provision has been made for the Deputation allowance for S.M.S. Officers
deputed from Bombay.
Civil Hospital. An approximate provision has been made for the S.M.S. Officers deputed
from Bombay for the Civil Hospital and other dispensaries.
(17) Central Public Works {Civil Works) Department. The Port Trust carry out the work on
behalf of Government who pay to them supervision charges at 24| per cent. The Chairman, Aden
Port Trust, receives an allowance of Rs.100/- per mensem from the Port I rust fund for super
vising the work and accounts. The Department is budgetted under a separate head and is not
included in the annual Aden Budget 85A. It is included under (73) Civil Works.
(17) {a) Salt. No provision has been made for pay of officers, as the Department is in charge
of the Extra Assistant Commissioner. It is budgetted under a separate head III—Salt, and is not
included in the annual Aden Budget 85A.
The revenue on account of salt will depend on the future policy of the Government of India
with regard to the admission of salt from Aden into India. There may be a considerable fall in
revenue.
(18) Ports and Pilotage. Is budgetted under a separate head 27—Ports and Pilotage, and not
included in the annual Aden Budget 85A. The Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department,
is an Officer of the R.I.N. who receives his grade pay as Commander (Rs. 900/-) plus a staff
allowance of Rs. 620/- (free water and quarters from the Port Trust). The pay and allowances
are shared in moities by the Port Trust and Government.
(19) Lighthouses and Light Ships. Is budgetted for under a separate head 21 —Lighthouses and
Lightships, and not included in the annual Aden Budget 85A. The Principal Officer, Mercantile
Marine Department, is in charge of the Department.
On the revenue side, the total revenue is for all light dues including India, and a proportionate
share only has been taken into account in the Draft Estimate on the assumption that the Perim
lights are to be maintained and supervised from Aden. I am, however, recommending that they
be taken over by the Board of Trade, in which case both revenue and expenditure on their account
would disappear from the Aden Estimates.
(20) Income Tax Department. Is budgetted for under a separate head, Demand No. 17—
Income Tax, and is not included in the annual Aden Budget 85A. Income tax receipts vary, and
the estimate should be taken with reserve, as much depends on the prosperity of the port and trade
and also on the export of salt. The largest factor in income tax receipts is Salt Industry, which
pays a large sum.
An addition of Rs.2,47,000 has been made on the Revenue side on account of the anticipated
yield of income tax from firms doing business in Aden which now pay their income tax in India
and not at Aden. This estimate is based on the average of the figures given by the Government
of India in 1933 for the years 1930-31 to 1932-33.
The Income Tax Officer is due to retire. Leave and pension contributions. Deputation allowance
and .Passage Contribution have been provisionally made—subject to new arrangements in con
templation.
(22) Postal Department. Recent figures for the staff and allowances have been given by the
Postmaster. They do not however include supervision charges for inspection and directorate.
Leave and Pension contributions and deputation allowances for Postal subordinates have been made.
(23) Telephones. The figures of the Telephones are purely a guess and not an accurate
estimate.
(24) Indian Partnership Act. Administration of the Indian Partnership Act is a minor
Department under (5) and it is budgetted for separately under Miscellaneous 69 and not included
in the annual Aden Budget 85A.
General Remarks. Under Expenditure, provision has been made for the cost of additions to staff
that will probably be unavoidable. The figures are only tentative and refer to a proposed Treasurer,
local Audit Staff, Contribution to a Colonial Office Auditor, the future administration of Perim,
Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Extra Postal and Telephone staff.
Interest on Provident Fund. A tentative provision has been made in the Draft Estimates for
this item which does not appear in the annual budget.
In the Draft Estimates, the salaries of the Extra Assistant Commissioner (who performs,
amongst other duties, those of Treasury Officer) and of the Income Tax Officer have been shown
as they are at present. These posts may, however, be revised after the transfer, if a new'
appointment of Treasurer is created.
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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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- Coll 1/67 'Aden. Changes in administration in the event of separation from India: miscellaneous questions'
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- front, front-i, 2r:44v, 46v:54v, 55v:59r, 61r:290v, 292r:322v, 324r:357v, 360r:384v, back
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