File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [‎265v] (18/226)

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shown by the precipitancy of the action taken on
the occasion of the alleged violation of Amiri
territory reported in the correspondence termi
nating with the Government of India’s Letter of
the 29th December 1904, No. 263.
militarv force at D’t hala. or so much of it as may
spurn necessary, should rejn^in for six months.
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10. I must request that no sort of permission or
encouragement be given to the extension of
line of railway into the British territory at Aden
without my express sanction, and I should like
to be informed what steps have been taken by
the Abdali Sultan towards giving any concession
for railway enterprise in his own country. I
notice that the commerce of Aden by land has
fallen off in recent years, and I should wish to
know what estimates have been framed of the
cost of a railway in the Abdali territory and of its
probable profits.
11. Your Excellency revives the question of the
detachment of Aden from the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of
Bombay. That question, last raised by the
Governor-General in Council in 1903 in the
Despatch 4 mentioned by Your Excellency, is of
great importance, and deserves the full considera
tion that you may be disposed to give to it. It
will, however, be more freely discussed when the
administration of Aden has resumed its normal
lines. Meanwhile, if Your Excellency should
approve of any suggestions made 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. for strengthening the
administration of that portion of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of
Bombay, I will give them my prompt attention.
Since the Kesident must be largely occupied in his
ilitary duties, I am disposed to believe that the
i ppo intment of a specially qualified First Assistant
iVn^Tid^t tribal and frontier affairs, would be
altogether” advantageous, and I should be glad if
an arrangement with that object could be made
without delay.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant,
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