File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs' [‎97r] (189/508)

and to organise a systOu of regular patrols tri’oal levies
of the trade routes within the 35 wile/ linit so that prompt
notice should he taken of any outrage occurring on the trade
routes and the offenders arrested.
3 * Tn regard ^o these proposals generally, I an to say
that the Governor in Counoil is not able to give them his
support. His dissent from the General DeHrath’s recommend
ations is based not on the ground that they are inefficient
for the purpose for which they are conceived, but on the fact
that they run counter to the Secretary of States’ urgent wish
that 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. should cease to interfere in the affairs of
the tribes in the Hinterland. Co the Governor in Council it
seems that the proposal that the Aden Croop should have out
posts at Amriga, ITobat Dakin and Dir Am Iluklmuk is indicative
of a policy more forward than that which was proposed by 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. in Iluroh 190G and which would seem to have
aroused the apprehensions of the Secretary of State. Che
Governor in Council, I am to say, is, accordingly, of opinion
that the only policy left to 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. is that the Sultan
of Lahej must be held responsible for the safety of the routes
passing through Ararigu and ITobat Dakin and Oj. cno comiwry
outside the reach of ordinary daily patrolling oy the fro op
from their Head Quarters in Drat ion tcrx'iiory •
4.
I am to invite attention to Colonel Legh’s lette:
Ho. 4074, dated the 5th fuly 1907, copy of which was
forwarded