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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎31r] (70/540)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908. It was written in English and French. 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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No. 7035, dated Bombay Castle, the 1st October 1907.
From— H, O. Quin, Esq., A.cting Secretary to 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,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Holland's letter
No. 471-E.B., dated the 8th February 1907, relative to the proposed amendment
of the Aden Sea Traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902.
2. As desired in paragraph 3 of that letter, I am to forward, herewith, for
the approval of the Government of India, a revised draft of clause 12 of the
Regulation which defines at length the subject matter of the rules and provides
for their publication, and to state that in the opinion of the Governor in
Council the definition of the term “ Native Vessel ” should he the same as that
in Article 31 of the General Act of the Brussels Conference which defines a
« Native Vessel ” as a vessel fulfilling one of the following conditions
(1) It must present the outward appearance of native build or rig;
(2) It must be manned by a crew of whom the Captain and the majority
of the seamen belong by origin to a country having a sea-coast
on the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, or the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The term “British Protected Port ” might in the opinion of the Governor
in Council be held to mean any ^ort within the British Protectorate of Aden
or Somaliland.
3. With reference to paragraph 4 of Mr. Holland’s letter, I am to observe
that 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. fully realise that the force of the proposed
Regulation will be weakened by the omission of a provision requiring a bond
to he executed before the grant of a port clearance. At the same time, how
ever in the absence of arrangements, made through the co-operation ot the
other powers concerned, for security bonds to be taken at all Ports and not at
Aden onlv, they are unable to modify the view expressed in paragraph^ 3 ot Sir
Stevnin 0 * W. Edgerley’s letter No. 2149, dated 19th March 1906. Article 34 of
the General Act of the Brussels Conference contemplates the registration ^ of
native vessels, and I am to state that the Governor in Council is of opinion
that if and when provision has been made for the registration of vessels ot this
class, there would be no objection to providing that only vessels so registered
may Visit Aden with arms on board.
4 I am to forward herewith, for the information of the Government of
India, copy of a letter from 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. , Aden, No. 3538, dated the
8th June 1907, and of its accompaniments.

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This volume is the second 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 volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regulations, 1904’ and the ‘Aden Sea-traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902’. There is substantial correspondence about amending the 1902 regulation, together with revised drafts made in 1907 and 1908. Correspondents are 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. and the Admiralty in London and the British Ambassador at Paris, 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, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence are English translations of several letters sent and received by Sultan Ahmed Fadthl, The Abdali of Yemen (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) in 1905 and 1907, and also by Said Faisal the Sultan of Oman in 1907.

The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of a letter from the Italian Consul at Aden to the First Assistant Resident at Aden in 1906 and a letter from the French Consul at Muscat to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat in 1907. The diplomatic correspondence also includes several English translations of notes from the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at London, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1907 and 1908.

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.

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1 volume (266 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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; 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 front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 145-264 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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