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Coll 1/67 'Aden. Changes in administration in the event of separation from India: miscellaneous questions' [‎50r] (99/769)

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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control. If it should be decided that the administration of Aden should be separated
from that of India, His Majesty’s Government contemplate that the following con
ditions would be established :—
(1) India would be relieved of the annual contribution of approximately
£150,000 sterling or Rs.20 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees at present payable towards the military
and political administration.
(2) The right of appeal in judicial cases to the Bombay High Court would be
maintained.
(3) His Majesty’s Government would maintain the existing policy of making
Aden a free port unless some radical change in the present economic situa-
tion should take place. From their own point of view abandonment of
this policy would clearly, in existing economic conditions, be financially
unsound since the prosperity of Aden depends largely on its transit trade.
(4) His Majesty’s Government would do their utmost to maintain the present
standard of administration and would not impose any additional taxation
unless such a course became in their opinion absolutely necessary.
(5) A proportion of Indian Service Administrative personnel would be retained
in the Aden Service for some years after the transfer took place.
(6) No racial legislation or segregation would be permitted bv His Majesty’s
Government.
By Order of the Chief Commissioner.
H. G. RIVETT-CARNAC,
Civil Secretary.
17960/33 [No. 42].
No. 19.
The ACTING RESIDENT to the SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 31st July, 1933.)
(Secret.)
(No. 171.)
Sir, The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden, 19th July, 1933.
1 have the honour to forward herewith, for your information, a copy of a
despatch No. C/403, dated the 15th July, 1933, that I have addressed to the Govern
ment of India on the subject of the proposed transfer of the Administration of Aden
to the control of His Majesty’s Government.
I have, &c.,
R. S. CHAMPION,
Acting Resident, &c.
Enclosure in No. 19.
(Secret.)
(No. C. 403.)
Sir, The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden, 15th July, 1933.
I have the honour to refer to your telegram No. 1489 of the 17th June, 1933,
on the subject of the proposed transfer of the Administration of Aden to the control
of His Majesty’s Government.
2. During the past week, a sufficient time having elapsed since the publication
of the Announcement on the 20th June, 1933, I have invited the opinions of thirteen
leading and influential Arabs on this matter, in a series of private and informal inter
views. My informants were especially selected as representative of religious (Moslem),
commercial (wholesale, retail, and transit trade), and real estate interests in Aden;
and they are well qualified to voice the genuine opinion of all classes of the Arab
community, owing both to their own comparatively enlightened understanding of
the issues involved and to their influence over and acquaintance with the less intelligent
attitude of the lower orders.
3. I he impression that I have received from these frank and friendly conversa
tions is that the Arab community in Aden as a whole are satisfied and content under
the existing political and administrative conditions, but that they view with grave mis
giving the possibility of “ Indianization ” of the government of Aden consequent
upon constitutional changes in India. Representing an overwhelming racial majority
in territory that is geographically and historically an integral part of Arabia, they
fear the subordination of Arab and Indian interests, and they forsee an increase in the
commercial domination of Indian firms in Aden, if the Settlement is to remain under
the control of an increasingly self-governing India.

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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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