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'File 6/10 III Air Agreements' [‎23v] (46/706)

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The record is made up of 1 file (351 folios). It was created in 5 Jan 1940-15 Dec 1946. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Ch. 61. British Overseas Airways 2 & 3 Geo. 6.
Act, 1939.
22
Powers of
Secretary
of State in
emergency.
10 & 11
Geo. 5. c. 80.
Provision
by Corpora
tion of
aerodrome
and other
facilities.
the families and dependants of persons in such service,
and in the rates charged for freight carried for His Majesty.
32.—(1) An order made under section seven of the
Air Navigation Act, 1920 (which authorises the Secretary
of State to make orders in time of war, whether actual or
imminent, or of great national emergency) may require
that the whole or any part of the undertaking of, or of
any property and rights of, or under the control of, the
Corporation shall be placed at the disposal of the Secretary
of State, or of such persons as may be provided by the
order. *
(2) So long as any such order is in force, the Cor
poration shall comply with any directions which may
be given to them by or under the direction of the
Secretary of State.
Provision by Corporation of aerodrome and other facilities.
33.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section,
the Corporation may afford to aircraft not being used
in the service of the Corporation the use of aerodromes
controlled by the Corporation and the benefit of housing,
wireless or other facilities available to the Corporation,
and may make in respect of any such use or benefit
such reasonable charges as they think fit.
(2) The Corporation shall, without making any
charge therefor, afford to any aircraft which is being
used in His Majesty’s service the use of any such aero
drome and the benefit of any such facilities as aforesaid.
(3) The Secretary of State may direct the Corpora
tion to afford, at reasonable charges, to aircraft flown by^
or in the service of, such persons or classes of persons as
may be specified in the direction the use of such aero
dromes controlled by the Corporation, or the benefit of
such facilities available to them, as may be so specified.
(4) The Corporation shall not, by virtue of sub
section (2) of this section, or of any direction of the
Secretary of State under subsection (3) of this section,
be under any obligation to afford the use of any aero
drome or the benefit of any facilities in circumstances
in which any interference with the discharge of functions
of the Corporation would be occasioned by their so
doing.

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This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of air routes across the various Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers relate to Kuwait, but some also cover air agreements between the British Political 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. and the emirates of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

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1 file (351 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 353; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-282; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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