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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [‎145r] (294/968)

The record is made up of 1 volume (480 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 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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1 (Proof, 1. vii. 36)
DRAFT STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1936, No.
iFF&tA
AS E NT.
The Aden Colony Order, 1936
day of
5 At tlie Court at Buckingham Palace, the
Present,
1936
Whereas by section two hundred and eighty-eight of the
Government of India Act, 1935, it is provided that on such date
T .. a s His Majesty may by Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. appoint (in that section
10 and in this Order referred to as “ the appointed day”) the then
existing Chief Commissioner’s Province of Aden shall cease to be
a part of British India :
And whereas by the said section His Majesty in Council is
empowered to make such provision as he deems proper for the
15 government after the appointed day of the territories theretofore
comprised in the said Province :
And whereas by subsection (5) of section three hundred and
eleven of the said Act it is provided, amongst other things, that
any Act of Parliament containing reference to India or any pait
20 thereof shall have effect subject to such adaptations and modifica
tions as His Majesty in Council may direct, being adaptations and
modifications which appear to His Majesty in Council to be
necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the
Act:
And whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before
Parliament in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of
section three hundred and nine of the Government of India Act,
1935, and an Address has been presented to His Majesty by botli
Houses of Parliament praying that an Order may be made in the
30 terms of this Order :
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, in the exercise of the
powers conferred on him as aforesaid and of a . , ^ er T? wer ®
enabling him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of
his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows .
35 1. This Order may be cited as “ The Aden Colony Order, 1936.”
2 .—( 1 ) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
“ the Colony ” means the Colony of Aden ; ^ .
“ the Province ” means the Chief Commissioner s Province
of Aden referred to in the Government of India Act, U60, as
constituted immediately before the appointed day ,
1.0 7,3.6
25

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The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Aden (1937)'.

The volume is predominantly made up of correspondence between 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, the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) 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. Legal Advisor's Department, and the Secretary of State for India. The volume also contains numerous heavily-annotated drafts of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the Royal Instructions, plus minutes of meetings held at the Colonial Office, and extracts from the Home Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Final drafts can be found at folios 13-20, in addition to copies of Reilly's inauguration speech (folios 25-28).

The correspondence covers a range of topics, including: Indian and Arab sentiment over the transfer; problems of condominion; the importance of Aden to Britain's imperial aims; representations from the Indian and Aden business communities; the maintenance of representation for Aden subjects at the Bombay High Court; Aden's free port status; questions of income tax and salt duty; the wording of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and Royal Instructions; and a proposal to list the Kuria Muria Islands as a named dependency of Aden, comparable to Shaikh Othman, Imad and Hiswa, and Perim.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).

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1 volume (480 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 480; 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 fold-outs on f 147, f 158 and f 159 are A and B items which are attached to the folios in order to add additional information about the document.

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