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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [378r] (764/968)
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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XHE Indo-Aden Salt Works, Co.,
Hajeebhoy Aden Salt Works, Ltd.,
Xhe Little Aden Salt Industrial Co.
Standard Building,
Hornby Road, Fort,
Bombay 19 th March, 198 b.
I
His Excellency the EARL of WILLINGDON,
G.M.S.I.,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, G G B E ,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
NEW-DELHI.
May it please Your Excellency,
We beg to approach your Excellency once again in connection with
the transfer of Aden from the Government of India to His Majesty’s
Government. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Consti
tutional Reform has recommended that the administration of the
Settlement of Aden should be transferred to His Majesty’s Government
not later than the date of the establishment of Federation (Page 90
Para 162 Vol. I Part I). It is indeed surprising that inspite of Indians’
protest since 1921 when the question of the transfer was first mooted and
notwithstanding the Government’s oft-repeated assurances to the
contrary the Joint Parliamentary Committee has recommended the
transfer. We, however, fully recognise that it is a fait accompli and to
conceal that fact is merely to evade the issue. The object of your
Memorialists is to draw your Excellency’s attention to the fact that the
transfer of Aden to His Majesty’s Government will ultimately cause the
ruination of Indian Salt Manufacturers at Aden where they have
established under every security of public faith and will seriously
prejudice the entire trading relation between India and Aden. Moreover,
we have grave doubts as to the material benefit likely to accrue to Aden
as a result of its separation from India.
It is not necessary at this stage to go into the history of the
controversy of the transfer of Aden but a few fact briefly stated will
substantiate our contention that the interest of salt consumers in Bengal,
Bihar, Orissa and Assam find no safeguards in the proposed scheme which
also involves inequitable treatment to Indian salt manufacturers at Aden.
India has been trading with Aden even before the Settlement was
annexed to British India about a hundred years ago. The Joint Parlia
mentary Committee Report on Indian Constitutional Reform states that
the development of Aden is largely due to Indian enterprise and where
much Indian capital is engaged” A very considerable trade
between India and Aden averaging in value in normal time to about
50
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
(1932-33) annually has grown up. Of the exports from Aden,
sal t is by far the largest single item, being over Rs. 20
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
annually on
an average in value out of a total of about Rs. 21
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. In return
India exports a variety of articles to Aden the most important of which
are rice, wheat, food grains, pulses, flour, tea, jute, jute fabrics, textiles
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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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- Title
- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
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- 368r:374v, 378r:384v
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- Indo-Aden Salt Works Co
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- 368r:374v, 378r:384v
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- Hajeebhoy Aden Salt Works Ltd
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- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
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- 368r:374v, 378r:384v
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- Little Aden Salt Industrial Co
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