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File 869/1904 Pt 3 'Arms traffic: Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [104v] (213/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 1909-1911. It was written in English, French and Italian. 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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Ethiopian Government, recognized Ethiopian Chiefs, and private
persons in Ethiopia, will only be granted on a request to that
effect formulated by the said Government, indicating by name the
persons authorized, the nature and quantity of arms and ammuni
tion, and certifying that the said arms and ammunition are not
intended for sale.
3. The three Governments engage to make joint representations
to the Negus with a view to the prohibition, in accordance with
the provisions of the General Act of Brussels, of the traffic in arms
and ammunition in Abyssinian territory.
4. As regards the supervision of dhows trading for arms from
Jibuti, Aden, Perim, Zeila, Massawah, Assab, and other ports
of those regions to points outside the zone of protection defined
by the Act of Brussels, measures will be taken to prevent them
from smuggling.
5. While expressly maintaining the principles of French legis
lation in regard to the right of visit, and it being agreed that
the British and Italian Governments maintain their principles in
regard to this question, the French Government agrees that the
measures of control exercised by the local authorities in British
and Italian territorial waters over small British and Italian native
merchant craft (dhows) shall be also applicable in Italian and
British territorial waters to dhows flying the French flag. The
British and Italian Governments also agree that the measures of
control exercised by the local authorities in French territorial
waters over small French native merchant craft (dhows) shall also
be applicable to dhows flying the British or Italian flags.
These measures shall be inforced without necessitating a
recourse to the formalities laid down by the Consular Conventions
in force between the three Governments^
6. In order to facilitate the supervision of native craft, and in
order to prevent any wrongful use of the flag, the three Govern
ments engage to communicate to each other every year a list of
the dhows authorized to fly their respective flags.
7. The three Governments will further see that the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
owners authorized to fly the French, British, or Italian flag shall
show such plain marks on their craft as will permit of easy
recognition at a distance.
8. The British, French, and Italian Governments agree to
instruct their respective local authorities to concert amongst
themselves as to the best means of carrying out the measures to
be taken as the result of this Agreement.
9. The present Agreement shall hold good for a period of
twelve years from the date of signature, and shall then remain
in force for periods of three years, unless it is denounced six
months before.
Done at London, December 13, 1906.
(Signed) E. GREY.
(Signed) PAUL GAMBON.
(Signed) A. DE SAN GIULIANO.
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This volume is the third of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The main correspondents are ministers and officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , the Colonial Office and the Admiralty in London, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, 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. and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. The correspondence includes naval reports about the British blockade of the Warsangli coast [Somalia] in 1908 and Aden sea patrols in 1911; the ‘Agreement between the United Kingdom, France, and Italy respecting the importation of arms and ammunition into Abyssinia signed at London, December 13, 1906’ as published in 1907; ‘The Aden Arms (Sea Traffic) Regulation, 1910’; and sample forms used for the identification and regulation of dhows and other vessels in the ports of British Somaliland, Aden and Zanzibar. There is also a small amount of diplomatic correspondence, mainly from the French and Italian Ambassadors at London to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This correspondence includes sample forms in Italian, together with revised instructions in French that were drafted jointly by the French and Italian Governments, for the enforcement of arms traffic controls in their respective protectorates of French Somaliland, Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 869 (Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/32-34. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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.
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