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File 21/1911 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate:- Recruitment of coolies for employment in British East Africa.' [25r] (9/166)
The record is made up of 1 item. It was created in Dec 1912- Jun 1913. 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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Ho.7/126 of 1913.
(COPY)
Aden Heaidanoy,
The 9th April 1913*
Prom
ltajor-Gener%l Sir Jaase A. 3*11, K.C.7.O.,
Political BBaident, Aden,
To
Sultan Sir Ahneft Padthl, K. C.3. I.,
The Abdali.
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Ik write to inform yon, o friend, that Ifaaers
Coweaji Dinahaw and Brothers have been appointed agents
by certain planters in British Bast Africa to engage
Arab labourers for work on Coast plantations on the
following terms
Mattinmin Baffa. Bb. 1 S/- per mensem.
Pood . Supplied by the employers or money in lieu thereof.
Contract . For one year. Bepatriation at the end of the
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term at the option of the labourer and at the employer's
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expeose,
Jfcxke Clearing bush, planting Sisal or cutting leave®,
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also work in connection with their factories, hauling
trucks, working crane etc.
Housing
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The papers concern the recruitment of natives of the Aden Protectorate to work as labourers (' coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. ') in commercial plantations in British East Africa.
The papers include: a request to the Colonial Office from representatives of several rubber and fibre companies for the supply of labourers from Somaliland to work in plantations on the coast of British East Africa, November-December 1912 (folios 98-103); discussion of a request from the above-mentioned companies to 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. to obtain the labourers from the tribes of the Aden hinterland, December 1912 (folios 83-97); further discussion by British officials of both proposals, December 1912 - January 1913 (folios 72-82); agreement to the proposed recruitment in the Aden Protectorate, January-February 1913 (folios 51-70); papers concerning the necessary regulations and terms of employment, February-May 1913 (folios 28-50); and the text of a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden to the Sultan of the Abdali, setting out the terms on which labour would be recruited, April-June 1913 (folios 22-27).
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- File 21/1911 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate:- Recruitment of coolies for employment in British East Africa.'
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- 21r:56v, 58r:89v, 94r:97v, 100r:103v
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