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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [‎382r] (772/968)

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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of any foreign combine doing harm to consumers of Bengal. The quality
of Indo-Aden salt has been held by the Tariff Board as the quality of salt
mostly required by Bengal.
Moreover, there are heavy liabilities put upon us in the leases that
we have, on behalf of the Government of India with the Secretary of
State for India. Some of the important conditions in the leases were
included ostensibly in the interest of India which has always required
imported clean white salt. We enumerate these conditions below and
submit that they deserve serious consideration:—
(a) And at their own expense shall and will construct and complete the
salt works upon the said premises within two years from the
date of these present and from and after the expiration of such
two years from the date of these presents at their own expense
shall during the remainder of this demise to the satisfaction of
Government use, maintain and keep in good condition ahd com
plete repair of salt works for the purpose of cultivating or manu
facturing salt and shall cultivate or manufacture salt thereon in
a fair proper and usual manner according to the most approved
method of course of salt cultivation or manufacture.
<b) Will pay at the office of 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. at Aden or such other
office m Aden as they shall be required by Government on the
31st day of October in each year, the annual rent of Rs 7,000|-
and will within 24 hours alter loading each shpment of salt for
export pay without any deduction at the office aforesaid tha
said royalty or sum of eight annas for every ton of salt so shipped
for export by or for them or on their account.
(O And will at all times during the continuance of this demise on
demand sell to Government at such rates as Government and the
Lessees may from time to time agree upon, but not exceeding
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. two and annas eight per ton such of the salt cultivated
or manufactured on the said premises as Government may
require for Aden local consumption or for export places and
ports of the Arabian Littoral situated between latitude eleven
and latitude twenty north and longitude thirty-nine and longi
tude forty-five east such salt to be delivered by the Lessees free
of all further cost or expenses on the premises hereby demised
at such times and in such quantities as Government from time
to time direct.
And will expoit by sea to ports or places other than ports or places
on the Arabian Littoral situated between latitude eleven and
latitude twenty north and longitude thirty-nine and longitude
forty-five east all salt removed from the said premises and not
sold to Government or with the consent of Government for Aden
i l0Cal cons umption provided nevertheless that all such exported
salt as may or shall be imported into British territory shall be
Lable to the import duties there payabl

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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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